"No recognition of Kosovo", Spain tells the EP
Madrid will not recognize the independence of Kosovo, Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos has told the European Parliament.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Speaking before an EP commission about his country's priorities during its upcoming EU presidency, Moratinos explained that Kosovo will still be allowed to attend meetings concerning the Balkans, but "in accordance with accepted international frameworks and mechanisms".
He also stated, according to the Spanish media, that the Spanish government would maintain contact with the authorities in Kosovo without recognizing its secession from Serbia.
"We will not obstruct development and institutional and political stability in Kosovo, but do not ask us to explain why Spain did something that was in accordance with international law," Moratinos remarked.
The minister did, however, allow for the possibility of Spain changing its view and recognizing Kosovo, "but only after the UN had done it or after Serbia had come to an agreement with the authorities in the breakaway province".
