U.S President Bush says people of Kosovo now independent

Kosovo - 18.02.2008 -

Bush in Tanzania says the people of Kosovo "are now independent."
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Monday (February 18) that the people of Kosovo were now independent, in his first comment on the territory's weekend declaration of independence.

"We'll watch to see how the events unfold today," Bush said in a live interview aired on NBC television from Arusha, Tanzania during a tour of Africa. "The Kosovoans are now independent. It's something I've advocated along with my government." The breakaway majority Albanian territory declared independence from Serbia on Sunday. Most of the European Union's 27 members and the United States are ready to recognize Kosovo, though Spain said on Monday it had made up its mind not to do so.
BBC World television news earlier reported in a banner that the United States had officially recognised Kosovo's independence, although Bush stopped short of announcing formal recognition.
Kosovo said Western recognition of its independence was coming any minute on Monday, but Serbs protested and the first EU decision went against the new republic as Spain said "no".

"We expect to be recognised by the first countries any minute," Prime Minister Hashim Thaci told an open meeting of his cabinet a day after the breakaway majority Albanian territory declared independence from Serbia.
Most of the European Union's 27 members and the United States are ready to recognise Kosovo. But as EU foreign ministers met in Brussels to confer, Spain said it had made up its mind not to do so.

"The government of Spain will not recognise the unilateral act proclaimed yesterday by the assembly of Kosovo," Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told reporters.

"We will not recognise because we consider ... this does not respect international law," said the minister, whose country is grappling with separatist movements of its own. Cyprus, Greece, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania have indicated they will not recognise. Vietnam and Azerbaijan said they would not either. But Kosovo is confident that London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Washington and up to 100 other governments will accept its new status as the world's 193rd country, the sixth to be created from the collapse of Yugoslavia.

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[PwnforceFrank]

why the fuck did you record this and upload it 2 years later.

[CapoeraZ]

@PwnforceFrank

why not ?

[llokumingabe]

thx president GEORGE W. BUSH

[dardanoilir]

Hahahaha trust me u are just ignorant to think that Albanians are Muslims, but anyway what is wrong with Islam which is my religion, you wish you would be Muslim, I wouldn't like to be a filthy Serbian orthodox who supports the criminal state of Serbia, Serbia shame of Europe and the world get out of planet, everyone hates u

[srbijanajbolja]

@dardanoilir look at what muslims do...

[srbijanajbolja]

@MRjashanica go back to mongolia you dirty rat

[xqtr74]

What a disgusting hipocrisy. Now Mexicans should take over Texas, split up from USA and US president should say that people of Texas are now independent

[bulgarianlion88]

Fuck albania, fuck kosovski albanci! ДА ЖИВЕЕ СЪРБИЯ ! 

[123LilSerb123]

@kosovo96 show me one map from history where kosovo was albania....thats what i though

[kosovo96]

@123LilSerb123 Poor slave go to study any historian Book....

[123LilSerb123]

@msgjini okay there hitler calm down

[msgjini]

@123LilSerb123 fuck deine mutter deine schverster fuck dein land serbien scheisse,der President Bush ist bether ever,president Bush hat euch gefickt

Fuck Serbien Fuuuuuucccccckkkkkkkk

[MRjashanica]

@123LilSerb123 u came in balkn in 6 centery we saw u wen u cam in balkan u fucking gipssy u cam from russia gipssy iran kazakistan u are one of the most dirty rac on the planet shit ppl u have nothing u cam in balkan with one socks on ur feed and with ur cows u are fucking piggs the dirt of the world now fuck of u piss of shit serbia is albanien land half of greek is albanien land now fuck uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu