"Dialogue should continue as soon as possible"

Source: Tanjug

PRIŠTINA -- German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met in Thursday in Priština with Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci.

Guido Westerwelle

Westerwelle said that the agreement on resolution of the crisis in the north of Kosovo should be implemented by all sides and that the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština ought to be continued as soon as possible.

"The dialogue ought to be continued as soon as possible. It is vital that all disagreements be resolved through dialogue," Westerwelle said at a press conference.

According to him, the EU is committed to the principle of cooperation, and not confrontation, and unilateral solutions are unacceptable.

The German foreign minister reiterated his country's stand that the issue of Kosovo's "sovereignty and integrity" was a closed chapter and that the map of the Balkans was final.

Westerwelle also urged other EU member states which have not recognized the Kosovo independence to do that as soon as possible.

Five out of EU's 27 members have not recognized the ethnic Albanian unilateral declaration of independence made over three years ago.