Serbian, Romanian presidents boycott Warsaw summit
Heads of states from a number countries of central and eastern European countries have gathered for a summit in Warsaw, Poland.
Friday, 27.05.2011.
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Heads of states from a number countries of central and eastern European countries have gathered for a summit in Warsaw, Poland. There they will review experiences related to their countries' democratization processes - according to reports. Serbian, Romanian presidents boycott Warsaw summit U.S. President Barack Obama will be a special guest at the gathering. But the decision of organizers to invite Kosovo as an independent state prompted presidents of Serbia and Romania, Boris Tadic and Traian Basescu, to snub the meeting. Kosovo's ethnic Albanians unilaterally declared independence in early 2008, but Serbia rejected it as an illegal act of secession, and insists that Pristina should be represented in such gatherings "asymmetrically". Five out of EU's 27 member-states also do not recognize Kosovo as independent - Romania among them. Slovakia is another such country, but President Ivan Gasparovic will travel to Warsaw. He reversed his initial plan to boycott the summit after Polish organizers agreed not to display "state symbols or the name" of Kosovo as an independent state. Gasparovic was also granted his wish that no joint declaration should be signed that would include Kosovo's Atifete Jahjaga. The first meeting of the kind was initiated by then Czech President Vaclav Havel in 1994, and saw participation of his country, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Austria and Germany. Warsaw (Beta, file)
Serbian, Romanian presidents boycott Warsaw summit
U.S. President Barack Obama will be a special guest at the gathering.But the decision of organizers to invite Kosovo as an independent state prompted presidents of Serbia and Romania, Boris Tadić and Traian Basescu, to snub the meeting.
Kosovo's ethnic Albanians unilaterally declared independence in early 2008, but Serbia rejected it as an illegal act of secession, and insists that Priština should be represented in such gatherings "asymmetrically".
Five out of EU's 27 member-states also do not recognize Kosovo as independent - Romania among them.
Slovakia is another such country, but President Ivan Gašparovič will travel to Warsaw.
He reversed his initial plan to boycott the summit after Polish organizers agreed not to display "state symbols or the name" of Kosovo as an independent state.
Gašparovič was also granted his wish that no joint declaration should be signed that would include Kosovo's Atifete Jahjaga.
The first meeting of the kind was initiated by then Czech President Vaclav Havel in 1994, and saw participation of his country, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Austria and Germany.
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