Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, Prof. Dr. Hajredin Kuçi, met today Mr. Michael Wood, lawyer and former legal representative of the Republic of Kosovo at  the International Court of Justice in the case of advisory opinion  about the legality of the Declaration of Independence.

In this case, Deputy Prime Minister Kuçi thanked the lawyer Wood, for the work done in the fair presentation of the issue of Kosovo, at the International Court of Justice and the presentation of democratic  legitimacy will that Kosovo had  for nearly a century.

Deputy Prime Minister expressed his gratitude to all his associates, who made that Kosovo to legitimate the declaration of independence  in the highest international justice.

On the other side, Lawyer Wood said that the opinion of the International Court of Justice in the case of Kosovo was a victory for Kosovo. He said the UN General Assembly has accepted the opinion, despite that Serbia has tried to draw a resolution that would not be benefit for the future of Kosovo, but Kosovo with its friends, has managed to not achieve this this and the General Assembly of the UN adopted a resolution which has sent to technical dialogue. According to him, the technical dialogue has been progress, but there was a delay in implementation by Serbia.

The lawyer Michael Wood is staying in Kosovo at the invitation of the Ministry of Justice, where he will be honored with "Sali Çekaj" award for Justice for 2011, for exceptional merit in law and professional protection of the legality of the Declaration of Independence of Republic of Kosovo at the ICJ.