Basescu: Problem begun with Kosovo should be stopped
Romanian President Traian Basescu said in Bucharest on Friday, on his return from a two-day tour of countries of the region, that the problem that was opened with Kosovo should be stopped
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Monday, August 25, 2008
"The problem that started with Kosovo must be stopped," Basescu said.
He underlined that in principle he was in favour of "ethnic minority rights of a cultural nature, but only on an individual basis and never in conjunction with territories".
It is wrong to grant ethnic minorities collective territorial rights, Basescu said.
"Western forces do not realize this and the consequences are major problems with territorial integrity in the Balkans, the Black Sea region, and in other parts of Europe", Basescu said.
The president of Romania, a country which has not recognized the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo, strongly criticized also the West's policy on the Caucasus. Their peace mechanisms have been proven inefficient, he said, because they have done nothing to eliminate tensions.
