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Spain had been one of the most 'dogmatic' non-recognisers of Kosovo, in an EU group that also includes Cyprus, Greece, Romania, and Slovakia (Photo: Yu Ju Chiu)

Spain to recognise Kosovo if it gets Serbia deal

Spain would be prepared to recognise Kosovo if it clinched a deal with Serbia, Madrid has said, in the first positive signal of its kind since EU-brokered talks resumed.

"Our position is not obstructionist. It is, on the contrary, a constructive one," the Spanish foreign ministry told EUobserver.

"The Spanish position can be synthesised in the following sentence: 'nothing without an agreement, everything with it', including political recognition [of Kosovo] and the establishment...

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Ekrem Krasniqi is a Brussels-based journalist and director of the dtt-net.com news agency

Spain had been one of the most 'dogmatic' non-recognisers of Kosovo, in an EU group that also includes Cyprus, Greece, Romania, and Slovakia (Photo: Yu Ju Chiu)

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Ekrem Krasniqi is a Brussels-based journalist and director of the dtt-net.com news agency

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