MP: Dominican Republic recognized Kosovo to satisfy US and EU demands

He said the Dominican government didn't have to support the emerging State because it was driven to force a breakup of Serbia, which an important part of  the world opposed.

 "But that precedent to bring about a region's independence by modifying borders, from the creation or existence of a national minority which becomes a majority in a region, is unsettling."

In that regard, the pro-government FNP party lawmaker warned that if the governments continue ignoring the border region, especially the South, we'll have a similar situation in the next 20 or 30 years, because in his view there'll be areas where Haitians will be a majority. "And this is a precedent which all nations with similar risk situations must learn from."

He said he doesn't see how the country benefits by recognizing Kosovo, aside from please the Americans and some European nations.

In different arenas, president Leonel Fernandez had warned of a balkanization in reference to the massive Haitian immigration to Dominican territory.

In a seminar on foreign policy guidelines in August, 2007, Fernandez warned of the danger of demands by a foreign nuclei which is based in a certain portion of a territory, which with time ends up stoking a balkanization process and a ensuing territorial fragmentation, citing the Kosovars and the Albanians.