4 minutes agoPhillips and Serwer: Greece most likely to recognise Kosovo's independence
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)International policy experts say they do not expect the five European Union states, which do not recognise Kosovo's independence, to change their stance except for Greece, which is likely to change its stance. They say they must wait until the process of dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia is completed to see the position of [...]
They say they must wait until the process of dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia is completed to see the position of these EU states.
International policy experts, David Phillips and Daniel Serwer, have told TV Dukagjin that out of the five EU states that have not recognised Kosovo, Greece is likely to change its stance.
Greece will most likely recognise Kosovo. The wall, created by the 5 non-recognition states, will soon collapse after Greece or any other country decides to recognise Kosovo. Greece nominated for the deepening Euro-Atlantic integration of all Western Balkan states in 2014. Although I hope Greece will change its approach to Kosovo, we cannot ignore its close ties with the Serbian state, this latter Greece strongly supports membership in the European Union”, Phillips said.
The same opinion with Phillips is shared by Professor Daniel Cerer, but, as he says, the likelihood is that these states will change their position in relation to Kosovo.
Greece in particular seems more predictable than other states. Of course, any final status agreement between Belgrade and Pristina should bring recognition from the five unaware states. But, I don't see this happening so quickly”, Serwer said.
While, European Parliament rapporteur Violet Von Cremon says that with talks she has had with her colleagues from the five non-recognitional states, their attitude will change when the dialogue process ends.
Any kind of comprehensive and binding agreement between Belgrade and Pristina will make them change. Of course, I'd like to see their attitude change even earlier, but that's hard to do. On the other hand, there is a difference between those countries who are still able to co-operate and work together with Kosovo, and those countries, where due to purely internal reasons, they have difficulty working together with Kosovo”, Cromon said.
EU member states that have not recognised Kosovo as an independent state are Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain.
