German FM hints at Kosovo recognition
Frank Walter Steinmeier has hinted that Berlin will recognize a unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence.
Sunday, 27.01.2008.
17:20
Frank Walter Steinmeier has hinted that Berlin will recognize a unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence. The chief of the German diplomacy was speaking for the media in his country when he said that Germany now "has no illusions, knowing that a negotiated settlement it hoped for cannot be reached." German FM hints at Kosovo recognition "For this reason, if Kosovo declares independence, we will act the same as the large majority of EU countries," Steinmeier said Sunday. He added that Berlin was acting carefully until now " not because it does not know what to do, but in order not to further burden the current situation in Serbia." "Therefore, show some understanding for the fact I do not wish to make announcements, but we certainly know what to do," he said, when asked what Germany's reaction to a declaration of Kosovo's independence by the province's ethnic Albanians will be. Steinmeier also praised his own country's behavior during the negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina on Kosovo's future status. "We have not asked hypothetical questions so far. Unlike some other capitals, we have not made untimely statements that fanned the flames," he told reporters. "But, we are no longer able to halt history. Instead, we must adopt a position on what happens next, and many things indicate we will see a declaration of Kosovo's independence soon," Steinmeier concluded.
German FM hints at Kosovo recognition
"For this reason, if Kosovo declares independence, we will act the same as the large majority of EU countries," Steinmeier said Sunday.He added that Berlin was acting carefully until now " not because it does not know what to do, but in order not to further burden the current situation in Serbia."
"Therefore, show some understanding for the fact I do not wish to make announcements, but we certainly know what to do," he said, when asked what Germany's reaction to a declaration of Kosovo's independence by the province's ethnic Albanians will be.
Steinmeier also praised his own country's behavior during the negotiations between Belgrade and Priština on Kosovo's future status.
"We have not asked hypothetical questions so far. Unlike some other capitals, we have not made untimely statements that fanned the flames," he told reporters.
"But, we are no longer able to halt history. Instead, we must adopt a position on what happens next, and many things indicate we will see a declaration of Kosovo's independence soon," Steinmeier concluded.
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