Basescu: Romania will not recognize Kosovo as an independent state
Romania will not recognize Kosovo as an independent state and Belgrade and Pristina should pursue negotiations, Romanian President Traian Basescu said on Wednesday, thus re-affirming the Bucharest stand on the issue.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Thursday, September 02, 2010
He made the statement at an annual reunion of Romanian Ambassadors. His statement comes several days after the German Foreign minister demanded EU countries which have not yet recognized the independence of Kosovo to follow the majority of EU.
Basescu argued that a consultative stand of the International Court of Justice on the issue was not made following a thorough judgment of the case.
Basescu's statement comes after German Foreign minister Guido Westerwelle said during a trip to Kosovo several days ago that 22 countries have recognized the independence of Kosvo and another five - Romania, Spain, Greece, Cyprus and Slovakia were hesitating to do so.
