The Republic of Kosovo is promised to receive more recognitions as the legal processes have began in several countries.

 

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta, Tonio Borg, announced at the EU summit in Brussels last week that his country has begun the legal procedure to recognize the Republic of Kosovo. During an interview he gave for Tirana’s Alsat TV, Borg expressed enthusiasm that his country "will be establishing diplomatic ties with the new country very soon, most likely at the beginning of July." Another diplomatic source is quoted saying that "Portugal is to begin the recognition process very soon."

Last week the Armenian president during an interview for the Russian press also stressed that "Armenia appraises the commitment for freedom and self-determination and does not exclude the chance to recognize and set full diplomatic ties with the new nation, the Republic of Kosovo."
 
The Bangladeshi Prime Minister Fakhruddin Ahmed during a meeting with the United States Ambassador to Bangladesh, James F. Moriarty, has affirmed that "Bangladesh will recognize the new European country." The Prime Minister also assured the US ambassador that "Bangladesh is committed to lobbing Asian Muslim countries to recognize Kosovo. Bangladesh will actively contribute to the development of Kosovo."
 
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the state of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, at an Islamic summit in Uganda declared that "his country is in the process of recognizing the Republic of Kosovo." The information was also confirmed by Qatar's UN representative during a meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kosovo.
 
The Kosovo Foreign Minister, Skender Hyseni, met with several Asian and African ambassadors and representatives at the United Nations. According to Hyseni, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman representatives at the UN have assured him that "they will recognize the new country."