Kris RomanSerbia’s prime minister has said the recent events that led to Russia’s recognition of two Georgian breakaway republics were a knock-on effect of Western powers’ recognition of Kosovo’s independence.
Russia, Serbia’s key ally, refused to recognize Kosovo as a sovereign state after the predominantly ethnic Albanian province declared its independence in February. Moscow at the time rejected Western powers’ claims that Kosovo was a ’special case,’ and said that recognition would fuel separatist movements in other countries.
