Secessionist movements worldwide react immediately
Entities worldwide seeking independence immediately reacted to Kosovo’s unilateral secession on Sunday.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Monday, February 18, 2008
The autonomous government in the Basque country said Kosovo's example should be followed.
"The respect of the will of the citizens is a key for resolving existing problems", Basque country government spokesman Miren Azkarete said in San Sebastian.
Abkhazia and South Ossetia said they would follow the example of Kosovo and seek from Russia and the United Nations to recognize them as independent states.
"What Kosovo did today is what already happened in Abkhazia and South Ossetia", the South Ossetian leader Edouard Kokioti said.
Taiwan hailed Kosovo's act, while Sri Lanka, which faces a separatist Tamil movement, said the Pristina move was seen as "deeply worrying".
