New Kosova Report

Bulgaria will establish diplomatic relations with Kosovo

Saturday, 01 March 2008

Bulgaria

Sofia - Bulgaria’s position is very clear – Bulgaria will establish diplomatic relations with Kosovo, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said in an interview with the Bulgarian National Television.

“Firstly, we should have enough internal consensus, and secondly, we should do it in the most appropriate moment. We want to see that the institutions of the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo are really following the Ahtisaari plan,” he added.
According to PM Stanishev this is the only possible plan to set up institutions and ensure the standards which all EU states should insist on.
“The question is not to have an independent Kosovo, but to have a normal state system,” he noted and reiterated Bulgaria’s stance – insistence on a serious commitment for Kosovo.
The PM stressed he understood Serbs in terms of emotions and knew what the loss of Kosovo meant to them.
“Today Serbia is paying for the mistakes of the Milosevic regime. Our interest is maximum security in the Balkans,” Stanishev indicated.