Ghana confirms the withdrawal of the recognition of Kosovo


Ghana’s deputy foreign minister, Charled Owiredu, told AFP on Tuesday that his country has decided to withdraw the recognition of Kosovo as an independent state.

The reasons were communicated to Serbia in a letter, he said. “The decision to recognise Kosovo turned out to be premature”, the letter said of its recognition in 2012.

The confirmation came a day after Serbia’s foreign minister, Ivica Dacic, told media in Belgrade that this African country has decided to reverse the recognition of Kosovo, thus becoming, as Dacic claimed, the 16th country to withdraw its recognition of Kosovo.

Kosovo’s ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied Serbia’s claims and in a statement on Tuesday they insisted that Ghana has not withdrawn its recognition, insisting that this country still has a non-residential Ambassador covering Kosovo.

116 countries of the world have recognised Kosovo since its declaration of independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia said it hopes to bring the tally to below half of the UN’s 193 members.

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