Ambassador says Spain’s decision not to recognize Kosovo is state policy

NEWS 12.07.202112:30
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Spain’s Ambassador in Belgrade Raúl Bartolomé Molina said on Monday that his country has not recognized Kosovo as independent because it strictly adheres to international law.

He told Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti that official Madrid’s stand on Kosovo creates problems for Spain in international organizations, adding that the stand is official state policy regardless of who is in power. According to the Ambassador, Spain bases its decision not to recognize Kosovo on the basic tenets of international law such as respect for territorial integrity, a principle which was violated when the authorities in Pristina unilaterally declared independence. Molina said that Madrid has not come under pressure to change its stand.

The ambassador said that a possible decision to open Spain’s liaison office in Pristina would be taken with Serbian partners and would not mean that Madrid had changed its position.