The presence of the Kosovo flag at the 49th UEFA Congress in Belgrade has pitted the Kosovo Football Association against the Serbian Football Association. While the Serbian Federation said it had removed the Kosovo flag from the venue where the Congress was being held in the Serbian capital, the Kosovo Federation insisted that the flag was present until the end of the meeting.
A video of the president of the Football Federation of Kosovo, Agim Ademi, standing next to the Kosovo flag at a UEFA event received widespread attention on social media on Wednesday evening. On the day of the UEFA Congress on Thursday, the Serbian Federation said it had removed the flag, blaming UEFA for its placement.
Kosovo has been a full member of UEFA since 2016, but Serbia continues to oppose its presence in the home of European football, just as it opposes Kosovo's independence, which was declared in 2008. In a press release, the Serbian Federation said that they had reacted quickly and decisively and that there were no more flags of the so-called Kosovo in Belgrade, as it describes it. However, the Kosovo Federation rejected the claims of its Serbian counterpart, saying that Kosovo participated in the UEFA Congress in Belgrade with state symbols. The Federation warned that it would "immediately" submit a note of protest to UEFA and other international institutions "regarding these actions, which are against the values that UEFA promotes." (A2 Televizion)
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