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==History== |
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==History== |
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Kosovo ] from ] on ] ] and the United Arab Emirates ] it on ] ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wam.org.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1223546208865&p=1135099400124&pagename=WAM%2FWamLocEnews%2FW-T-LEN-FullNews|title=UAE recognises Kosovo|publisher=] |date=2008-10-14|accessdate=2008-10-14 |quote=In accordance with its firm support for the principle of the legitimate right of peoples to self-determination, the United Arab Emirates has announced its recognition of the Kosovo Republic as an independent and sovereign state.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=mideast&item=081014155526.3e2km83b.php|title=UAE recognises Kosovo|publisher=IC Publications|date=2008-10-14|accessdate=2008-10-14}}</ref> Kosovo plans to open an embassy in the UAE.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Kosovo Plans Diplomatic Offensive for '09 |url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/15804/ |quote='We are also planning to open an embassy in Japan, to maintain contacts with Asia, in Colombia for Latin America, and eventually in the United Arab Emirates', said Beqiri. |work=] |date= |accessdate=2009-05-29 }}</ref> After the Serbian government launched a major offensive against the ethnic Albanian population in Kosovo in 1998, the UAE called for international intervention and commenced a major program of humanitarian relief through its ]. In 1999, the UAE was among the first non-NATO states to voice support for NATO's bombing campaign.<ref name=new>{{cite book |last=Abed |first=Ibrahim |authorlink= |coauthors= Peter Hellyer |title=United Arab Emirates, a new perspective |year=2001 |publisher=] |quote=The UAE's active interest in the Balkans was again stimulated by the conflict in Kosovo, whose autonomous status within Serbia had been abolished in 1989. ... | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QcMz3zV0qAMC&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=Kosovo+and+UAE&source=bl&ots=WeK0WgsrYr&sig=jTwHyZzdbCVCtdH8kEDuLcToC18&hl=en&ei=2CIeSsibD5PMMMe-mcwF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7 |isbn= }}</ref> |
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Kosovo ] from ] on 17 February 2008 and the United Arab Emirates ] it on 14 October 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wam.org.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1223546208865&p=1135099400124&pagename=WAM%2FWamLocEnews%2FW-T-LEN-FullNews|title=UAE recognises Kosovo|publisher=] |date=2008-10-14|accessdate=2008-10-14 |quote=In accordance with its firm support for the principle of the legitimate right of peoples to self-determination, the United Arab Emirates has announced its recognition of the Kosovo Republic as an independent and sovereign state.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=mideast&item=081014155526.3e2km83b.php|title=UAE recognises Kosovo|publisher=IC Publications|date=2008-10-14|accessdate=2008-10-14}}</ref> Kosovo plans to open an embassy in the UAE.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Kosovo Plans Diplomatic Offensive for '09 |url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/15804/ |quote='We are also planning to open an embassy in Japan, to maintain contacts with Asia, in Colombia for Latin America, and eventually in the United Arab Emirates', said Beqiri. |work=] |date= |accessdate=2009-05-29 }}</ref> After the Serbian government launched a major offensive against the ethnic Albanian population in Kosovo in 1998, the UAE called for international intervention and commenced a major program of humanitarian relief through its ]. In 1999, the UAE was among the first non-NATO states to voice support for NATO's bombing campaign.<ref name=new>{{cite book |last=Abed |first=Ibrahim |authorlink= |coauthors= Peter Hellyer |title=United Arab Emirates, a new perspective |year=2001 |publisher=] |quote=The UAE's active interest in the Balkans was again stimulated by the conflict in Kosovo, whose autonomous status within Serbia had been abolished in 1989. ... | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QcMz3zV0qAMC&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=Kosovo+and+UAE&source=bl&ots=WeK0WgsrYr&sig=jTwHyZzdbCVCtdH8kEDuLcToC18&hl=en&ei=2CIeSsibD5PMMMe-mcwF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7 |isbn= }}</ref> |
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During the ], the UAE maintained almost 1,500 peacekeeping and special operations troops in Kosovo.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=UAE to Keep Troops in Kosovo |url=http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/192/38539.html |quote=The commander of the United Arab Emirates military vowed on Monday to keep its peacekeepers in Kosovo for at least two more years, a mission that has raised the Gulf Arab state's international profile. |work=] |date= |accessdate=2009-05-29 }}</ref> The UAE was the only Muslim state to offer to participate in the ] and its commitment was the first operational deployment of UAE forces outside the ] region.<ref name=new/> As of October 2008, these forces remained in Kosovo and between 1998 and 2008, the aid given to Kosovo by the UAE’s Red Crescent Authority alone cost ]125 million, the biggest international humanitarian mission in the UAE's history.<ref></ref> |
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During the ], the UAE maintained almost 1,500 peacekeeping and special operations troops in Kosovo.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=UAE to Keep Troops in Kosovo |url=http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/192/38539.html |quote=The commander of the United Arab Emirates military vowed on Monday to keep its peacekeepers in Kosovo for at least two more years, a mission that has raised the Gulf Arab state's international profile. |work=] |date= |accessdate=2009-05-29 }}</ref> The UAE was the only Muslim state to offer to participate in the ] and its commitment was the first operational deployment of UAE forces outside the ] region.<ref name=new/> As of October 2008, these forces remained in Kosovo and between 1998 and 2008, the aid given to Kosovo by the UAE’s Red Crescent Authority alone cost ]125 million, the biggest international humanitarian mission in the UAE's history.<ref></ref> |
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Foreign relations of Kosovo
Foreign relations of the United Arab Emirates
