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Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Spain will not boycott the EU Summit, the Western Balkans in Zagreb. So confirmed today for EWB in a written answer by Spain's Permanent Representative to the European Union. They said Spain's delegation will be present at the Summit as an EU member state. Whatever the summit configuration, [...]
Spain will not boycott the EU Summit, the Western Balkans in Zagreb. So confirmed today for EWB in a written answer by Spain's Permanent Representative to the European Union.
They said Spain's delegation will be present at the Summit as an EU member state.
Depending on the summit configuration, Spain will be represented by one level of representation or another”, it says in response.
Before previous summit The Western EU-Balkans, which was held in Sofia in 2018, Spain with the insistent said Kosovo's participation in Sam is unacceptable. Spanish Prime Minister at the time Mariano Rajoy attended the summit in Sofia, but would not sit at the same table with Kosovo president.
“Spain will maintain its stable position all the time for its non-recognition of Kosovo as a state, a joint opinion of four other member states and 80 other countries in different regions of the world, and in accordance with international law and the UN system”, the answer concludes.
On January 29th, Radio Free Europe published an article saying Spain “threatens to boycott the Zagreb Summit because of Kosovo's presence received from reliable sources in Madrid, Zagreb and Brussels”.
