{"id":10357,"date":"2021-04-13T16:24:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T16:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=10357"},"modified":"2021-04-13T16:24:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T16:24:49","slug":"display-of-kosovos-flag-leads-to-abrupt-suspension-of-un-security-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/display-of-kosovos-flag-leads-to-abrupt-suspension-of-un-security-council-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Display of Kosovo\u2019s flag leads to abrupt suspension of UN Security Council meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The display of Kosovo\u2019s flag caused the abrupt disruption of a UN Security Council virtual meeting on Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, called on the chair of the session to order Kosovo\u2019s foreign affairs minister, Donika G\u00ebrvalla, to hide her country\u2019s flag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not against the presence of Kosovo\u2019s representatives, nevertheless I want to share the fact that Ms. Donika G\u00ebrvalla is sitting in front of the flag of Kosovo. Kosovo is not recognized as an independent state, therefore we request that in order to proceed with the presentation she either changes the background or removes the flag\u201d, said the Russian diplomat.<\/p>\n<p>After these comments, the representative of the United Kingdom came to Kosovo\u2019s defense and said that he does not \u201csee any reason\u201d why the foreign affairs minister should \u201cchange the background\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not an official meeting and we don\u2019t see any reason why minister G\u00ebrvalla should change the background in order to proceed with the presentation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the UN Security Council suspended the online meeting on Kosovo to carry on consultation behind closed doors as per Russia\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>After the suspension of the meeting, the Security Council decided to proceed with the session on Kosovo turning down Russia\u2019s request to remove the flag of Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/04\/13\/e60-million-accorded-for-the-purchase-of-covid-19-vaccines-and-medical-equipment\/\">\u20ac60 million accorded for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/04\/13\/eu-commissioner-varhelyi-urges-pm-kurti-to-promptly-resume-talks-with-serbia\/\">EU Commissioner Varhelyi urges PM Kurti to promptly resume talks with Serbia<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/04\/12\/if-there-is-a-will-agreement-achievable-in-a-few-months-says-eus-special-envoy-lajcak\/\">If there is a will, agreement achievable in a few months, says EU\u2019s Special Envoy Laj\u010d\u00e1k<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The display of Kosovo\u2019s flag caused the abrupt disruption of a UN Security Council virtual meeting on Kosovo. First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, called on the chair of the session to order Kosovo\u2019s foreign affairs minister, Donika G\u00ebrvalla, to hide her country\u2019s flag. \u201cWe are not against the presence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Display of Kosovo\u2019s flag leads to abrupt suspension of UN Security Council meeting - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/display-of-kosovos-flag-leads-to-abrupt-suspension-of-un-security-council-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Display of Kosovo\u2019s flag leads to abrupt suspension of UN Security Council meeting - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The display of Kosovo\u2019s flag caused the abrupt disruption of a UN Security Council virtual meeting on Kosovo. 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