As a country, Kosovo's status and indepence is not universally recognised. While the International Olympic Committee recognises the country and even allowed it to compete under its own flag at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Kosovan athletes have not been accorded the same status when participating in international events in all places. Recently, Delhi, and by extension, India's status as a venue for big ticket events has come under the scanner after a lone professional boxer from Kosovo was not accorded the visa to participate in the tournament as India does not recognise her country as a legitimate one. This has led to a tussle between the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the IOC in matters which seemed to have moved beyond the boxing ring. While IOA has put out a plea requesting the Indian Government to consider, the final decision taken remains to be seen. One of the earliest countries to deal with this issue was Spain who had not allowed the Kosovan countries to compete under their national flag at the 2018 Karate World Championships. Below is a joint statement put out by the Spanish Olympic Committee and the IOA wherein the former appears to have agreed to IOC terms regarding Kosovo's athletes for all future big-ticket events.