Romania supports Kosovo- Serbia not changing attitude for recognition

Romania does not change its stance on recognising Kosovo's independence. Although supporting the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a response to Radio Kosovo, they have said Romania's position remains the same.

“Romania fully supports the facilitated dialogue by the European Union for normalising Belgrade-Pristina relations that can bring lasting peace and stability to the region. We welcome readiness for compromise, demonstrated by leaders of both countries Belgrade and Pristina, during their meeting in Brussels on 27 February. We hope that further negotiations on the annex of the agreement will soon yield results. As you well know, Romania has not recognised Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence, and our position remains the same,”, said the answer via e-mail.

Of the 27 EU member states, five do not recognise Kosovo as a state, including Spain, Greece, Romania, Cyprus and Slovakia.

As long as the Spanish and Cypriot government have said they will not change their position for recognition of Kosovo, they have said, however, they support dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia.

From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Slovakia days ago, they told Kosovo Radio that from Kosovo and Serbia expect the implementation of all past agreements and a constructive approach to the upcoming rounds of negotiations.

The resolution of the latest Dialogue summit is an important step towards normalising relations between Belgrade and Pristina. This could be an incentive for further negotiations leading to legally binding agreement and the full normalisation of their relations. On both sides, we expect the implementation of all past agreements and a constructive approach to future rounds of negotiations. ”

It is still not clear whether reaching an agreement between Kosovo and Serbia would pave the way for Kosovo to be accepted as a state at least by some fifth European states that have not yet recognised Kosovo as a state.

The chief of the EU Office in Pristina, Thomas Szunyog, in an interview for Radio Kosovo had stated that according to discussions it had with representatives of these states, they expect to have advances in dialogue with Serbia and normalisation of relations between the two states.

Senior state leaders have declared that there is progress in lobby to gain recognition by the five European Union member states.