Catalan MEP convinced Serbia must recognize Kosovo

"For Serbia, recognizing Kosovo is an absolute condition for joining the EU," Josep Maria Terricabras, a member of the European Parliament from Spain, has said.

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Tuesday, 18.08.2015.

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Catalan MEP convinced Serbia must recognize Kosovo

Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Serbia's province, in 2008 unilaterally declared independence - Serbia considers it a violation of its territorial integrity and its Constitution. Out of EU's 28 member-states, five have not recognized Kosovo as independent, Spain among them.

In his statement for the Pristina paper, Terricabras, who is Catalan, "added that the only reason Spain has not recognized Kosovo is Catalonia." He then said that "this is ridiculous, because the people of Catalonia will freely decide on their future whether Spain recognizes Kosovo or not."

Terricabras is also "convinced that Kosovo's membership in the EU will be the best guarantee of stability and development of Kosovo and the whole region."

He believes that the EP "should act a lot faster when it comes to visa liberalization for Kosovo," and stressed the fact Kosovo is "the only country for which visas have not been canceled represents unfair treatment of citizens of Kosovo by Europe."

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