Moratinos: Spain's refusal to recognize Kosovo is not a problem for EU presidency
The Balkans will be one of the priorities of the Spanish presidency of the European Union that begins in January 2010 and while Madrid refuses to recognise Kosovo as independent, this is not foreseen as a problem by Spanish foreign minister Miguel Moratinos.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Thursday, September 10, 2009
Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in February 2008. Twenty-two EU member states recognise Kosovo as independent, but Spain is one of the five that do not.
Moratinos said that on the question of Kosovo "we respect different points of view".
"We all want to promote peace and stability by moving toward a European future for the countries of the Balkans," Moratinos said in an interview with Radio Free Europe.
Disagreements among EU member states about Kosovo's independence would not pose any problems, Moratinos said.
