Polish president blocks sending of ambassador to Pristina
Polish President Lech Kaczynski blocked the Polish government decision to send an ambassador to Pristina, calling the recognition of Kosovo a “mistake”
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Friday, September 26, 2008
"I have never tried to hide that I consider it a mistake. However, the government's decision is legitimate, but I, too, have my competencies and I am saying with severity - there will be no signature of mine on appointing an ambassador to Kosovo," Kaczynski said in New York.
"There is a close cause-and-effect relation between the recognition of Kosovo's independence and the Russian decisions on South Ossetia and Abkhazia," he told reporters at the UN headquarters.
Kaczynski, addressing the UN General Assembly, condemned the unacceptable practice where "international law is binding only for the weak, and not for the powerful".
Poland had recognized Kosovo's independence under strong US pressure and despite deep reservations in the Polish political elite and public opinion.
