Dominican Republic to recognize Kosovo, but analyst cautions
Dominican analysts compare the splintering of Kosovo from Serbia with the country's situation with Haiti, because the growing number of nationals from the neighboring nation pose a threat of future demand for political recognition.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Friday, June 05, 2009
The President of the ethnic Albanian Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AKR) Behgjet Pacolli told the press today that during a meeting in San Salvador an unnamed Dominican Republic official revealed that the Caribbean nation would recognize the independence of Kosovo, the web site kosovotimes.net reports.
It said Pacolli had a "very important meeting" with Dominican Republic president Leonel Fernandez, who has confirmed to that the Dominican Republic has decided to recognize the independence of Kosovo.
"Fernandez has asked his Foreign Minister to conclude all formalities regarding the recognition of Kosovo's independence and also has promised to visit Kosovo during his first European tour," reports kosovotimes.net quoting Pacolli.
It adds that Pacolli will also meet also with senior officials of several CARICOM countries.
Vice president Rafael Albuquerque was in El Salvador on Monday, representing Fernandez in the inaugural of president Mauricio Funes.
Dominican analysts compare the splintering of Kosovo from Serbia with the country's situation with Haiti, because the growing number of nationals from the neighboring nation pose a threat of future demand for political recognition.
Oscar Medina, of the Teleradio-America afternoon program Poder de la Tarde, said the Haitian presence in certain regions in Dominican Republic resemble the situation which occurred prior to the civil war in the Balkans.
"Someday the ‘Haitian-Pedernalenses' could rise up and demand independence from Dominican Republic," said the analyst in reference to the southwestern province whose Haitian population is proportionately among the highest.
