The Chairman of the parliamentary group of the Socialist Party, Taulant Balla, stated today that Kosovo’s membership in the Council of Europe is a step that will serve the consolidation of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Kosovo.

Balla stressed out that today, for the first time, the Kosovo delegation speaks alongside other delegations in a plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

“Kosovo submitted this year a request for membership in the Council of Europe, after so many years of holding the status of a participant. The Parliamentary Assembly decided that from this session onwards, the delegation from the Assembly of Kosovo will have dedicated seats in the plenary session hall as well as the right to speak in every committee or plenary meeting”, he said.

According to Balla, “Kosovo will have the right to vote in the Assembly as soon as the membership process is finished, bearing its own challenges”.

Balla assured that the delegation of the Assembly of Albania in the Parliamentary Assembly supports and is by Kosovo’s side on its way to membership in the Council of Europe.

/Klara Ruci/