Czech Republic will recognise independent Kosovo when majority of EU states do

The Czech Republic will recognise Kosovo’s independence should the majority of European states formally do so, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg has said. A large majority of European states announced their intention to recognise Kosovo’s independence in Brussels on Monday, but the system for formal recognition, and the length of the process, will now vary from country to country. The Czech Foreign Minister said that he did not want to set any date for the recognition of an independent Kosovo; he said it also depended upon the way that Kosovar authorities now moved forward.