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==== Other recognition withdrawal claims by Serbia ====
On 4 January 2023, Serbian president [[Aleksandar Vučić]] claimed that nine new countries had withdrawn recognition: Antigua and Barbuda, Burkina Faso, Eswatini, Gabon, Guinea, Libya, Maldives, Saint Lucia, and Somalia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ozturk |first1=Talha |title=Serbia claims 9 countries withdrew recognition of Kosovo |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/serbia-claims-9-countries-withdrew-recognition-of-kosovo/2779938 |work=Anadolu Agency |date=4 January 2023}}</ref> Kosovo's foreign ministry said they had no notification of any recognition withdrawals claimed by Vučić.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1611018862790848512|user=xhemajl_rexha|title=Kosovo Foreign Ministry says they have no notification of any recognition withdrawals, as announced last night by Serbia president.}}</ref> Following the claims, Kosovo diplomats met with diplomats from Eswatini, Gabon, Libya, the Maldives, Somalia and Antigua and Barbuda and stated that those countries had not derecognised Kosovo, refuting Vučić's claims.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sinjali.com/ambasadori-i-somalise-demanton-vuciqin-per-cnjohjen-e-kosoves-takohet-me-vrenezin/|title=Ambasadori i Somalisë 'demanton' Vuçiqin për 'çnjohjen' e Kosovës, takohet me Vrenezin|first=Besim|last=Toska|date=10 January 2023|website=Sinjali|access-date=11 January 2023|archive-date=10 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110223246/https://sinjali.com/ambasadori-i-somalise-demanton-vuciqin-per-cnjohjen-e-kosoves-takohet-me-vrenezin/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bami |first1=Xhorxhina |title=Kosovo Debunks Serbian Claims About Derecognitions |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2023/01/13/kosovo-debunks-serbian-claims-about-derecognitions/ |work=Balkan Insight |date=13 January 2023}}</ref> A spokesperson for the president of the Maldives refuted Serbian claims that the Maldives had de-recognised Kosovo, explicitly labeling Serbia's claims as "false".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://edition.mv/features/27850|title=Maldives government refutes Serbian President's claim|website=The Edition}}</ref> Maldivian president [[Mohamed Muizzu]] also sent greetings to the president and prime minister of Kosovo on the occasion of Kosovo's independence day on 17 February 2024, confirming the continuation of diplomatic recognition.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://presidency.gov.mv/Press/Article/29885 | title=The President sends Independence Day greetings to the President and Prime Minister of Kosovo }}</ref> On 11 December 2023 Kosovo's president Vjosa Osmani met [[Abshir Omar Huruse]], the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somalia)|foreign minister]] of Somalia, and the sides reaffirmed their bilateral relations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://president-ksgov.net/en/president-osmani-met-with-the-foreign-minister-of-somalia-abshir-omar-jama-huruse-at-the-doha-forum/ | title=Site is undergoing maintenance | date=11 December 2023 }}</ref>