Kosovo to Gain Full Sovereignty in September

World | July 2, 2012, Monday // 15:40|  views

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci. Photo by EPA/BGNES

Kosovo was granted full sovereignty by the international community on Monday, as the International Steering Group decided in Vienna to end its political oversight process over the country.

The territory will acquire full sovereignty in September,

"Today the International Steering Group has taken a historic and important decision on Kosovo," Premier Hashim Thaci told reporters after a meeting of the group, as cited by DPA.

The group's Kosovo representative Pieter Feith, who is to end his work in September, said the young state had become a "modern, democratic, multi-ethnic" country.

Kosovo "is now mature enough to stand on its own feet, and take full responsibility for the future of all its citizens, "Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger has commented, as cited by M-Magazine.

The International Steering GroupĀ  on Kosovo is composed of 23 European countries, Turkey, and the United States, and has been responsible for helping Kosovo establish democratic institutions.

Ethnic Albanians declared Kosovo independence in 2008.

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