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Japan–Kosovo Relations
Japan–Kosovo relations are foreign relations between Japan and Kosovo. Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008, and Japan recognized it on March 18, 2008. According to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan and Kosovo established diplomatic relations on February 25, 2009.Japan–Kosovo Relations (Basic Data) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan History , the Japanese-born , issued an offi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Kosovo Declaration Of Independence
The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, which proclaimed the Kosovo, Republic of Kosovo to be an independent and sovereign state, was adopted at a meeting held on 17 February 2008 by 109 out of the 120 members of the Assembly of Kosovo, including the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, and by the President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu (who was not a member of the Assembly). It was the second declaration of independence by Kosovo Albanians, Kosovo's Albanian-majority political institutions; Republic of Kosova, the first was proclaimed on 7 September 1990. The legality of the declaration has been disputed. Serbia sought international validation and support for its stance that the declaration was illegal, and in October 2008 requested Advisory opinion on Kosovo's declaration of independence, an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice. The Court determined that the declaration did not violate international law. As a result of the ICJ decision, a joint Serbiaâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiko Yamanaka
is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Otaru, Hokkaido and graduate of Tsuda College, she was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 and later became a Special Ambassador for Peacebuilding of Japan. She was originally a member of the New Frontier Party but later joined the LDP. Career Yamanaka is a Senior Diplomatic Fellow, Cambridge Central Asia Forum and By-fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University as well as visiting professor at the Graduate School of Hokkaido University, the United Nations University and currently Tenjin Foreign Studies University. She has also been a Senior Visiting Researcher at St. Antony's College, Oxford University and at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Yamanaka has served as the Member of the House of Representatives of Japan as well as Parliamentary Vice-Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hashim Thaçi
Hashim Thaçi (; born 24 April 1968) is a Kosovo Albanian politician who was the president of Kosovo from April 2016 until his resignation on 5 November 2020. He was the first prime minister of Kosovo and the Foreign minister and deputy prime minister in the new cabinet led by Isa Mustafa, which assumed office on 8 December 2014. Thaçi is from the region of Pristina in Kosovo, which is where the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) originated. He studied philosophy in Pristina before moving to Switzerland, where he joined the KLA in 1993. He rose through the ranks of the KLA to become leader of the most powerful faction by 1999, during the Rambouillet negotiations. He then joined the interim Kosovo administration after the war. Thaçi became leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), which won the largest share of the vote in the 2007 Kosovo elections. In 2008, Thaçi declared the independence of Kosovo and became its first prime minister. In 2016 he was elected President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dardan Gashi
Dardan Gashi is a Kosovo Albanian politician and author and was Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo / Minister of the Ministry of Diaspora and Strategic Investments in the cabinet of Ramush Haradinaj from September 2017 to February 2020. Biography Born in Kosovo, Gashi moved to Austria where he studied Communication Sciences and Political Sciences in the University of Vienna. After completing his degree, he went on to begin his career as an election supervisor with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1997, he became the Election Officer, Head of Field Office in Brcko Federation. Later that year, he moved to Croatia, in the capacity of Human Rights Monitor, and spent the next year in various posts as part of OSCE missions in the Balkans. During the Kosovo War, Gashi worked with the Kosovo Verification Mission as a Public Information Liaison Officer, OSCE Secretariat in Vienna. After the war, he resumed his work with OS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Environment And Spatial Planning Of Kosovo
The Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP) (, , ) is a ministry within the Government of Kosovo. Its areas of responsibility include environmental protection, ensuring the provision of information about the state of environment, setting preconditions for rational utilization, protection and restoration of natural resources, etc. The minister of the MESP is Dardan Gashi. The ministry has numerous divisions and subordinate institutions responsible for protected areas. Departments Environmental Department The Environmental Department of the MESP coordinates activities in the field of environmental protection, in order to promote the coherent development of policies for environmental protection; develops norms and standards and issue guidelines in the field of environmental protection with special respect to international standards; oversees the prosecution of such standards, by carrying out inspections and other services; participates in developing and implementing publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enver Hoxhaj
Enver Hoxhaj (born 4 October 1969) is a Kosovar politician. He served as minister for foreign affairs of the Republic of Kosovo and a former leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo. Career Hoxhaj served as a professor at the University of Pristina. He worked at WUS Austria and founded Kosovar Research and Documentation Institute. In March 2004 he joined the Democratic Party of Kosovo. He was minister of education, science and technology of the Republic of Kosovo. He served twice as the foreign minister, once from 2011 to 2014, under the mandate of the government led by Hashim Thaci, and the second time he was named as a foreign minister started in June 2016, under Prime Minister Isa Mustafa. See also *List of foreign ministers in 2017 *List of current foreign ministers This is a list of current foreign ministers of the 193 United Nations member states as well as the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine. Foreign ministers of sovereign countries with limi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Kosovo)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora () is a department of the government of Kosovo responsible for the foreign policy of Kosovo. The ministry has its headquarters in Pristina, with Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz as the incumbent foreign minister in the second cabinet of Albin Kurti. Overview The cabinet within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is composed of several key components, including the Minister, Deputy Ministers, Political advisers and the Support staff. Their responsibilities are defined by a comprehensive framework of legal and regulatory provisions, which encompasses among others the constitution, special laws and other pertinent legislation. The ministry is entrusted with a mission that encompasses the formulation and implementation of Kosovo's foreign policy, the promotion and protection of Kosovo's interests, the enhancement of Kosovo's international stature and the diligent representation and protection of the interests of its population on the internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
