Zeman: Recognition of so-called Kosovo is a disgrace and dangerous precedent

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Former Czech president Milos Zeman has said that by recognizing so-called Kosovo the West set a dangerous precedent and assessed that this move was a "disgrace."

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In his opening address at a conference entitled, "Violations of international law in Kosovo and Ukraine," held in Prague, Zeman strongly criticized recognition of so-called of Kosovo, condemning that act as support for "a state linked with mafia structures, and with repression of the Serb minority."

Zeman repeated that recognition of Kosovo "sets a dangerous precedent" because with it "big powers impose their will on small states and recklessly change existing borders," reported Voice of Europe.

He called for consistency in international standards, comparing NATO's intervention in Serbia, and Russia's actions in Ukraine.

"We won't make the world a better place if we close our eyes to problems and pretend they don't exist or have disappeared. The cases of Kosovo and Ukraine teach us how superpowers can be intransigent when it comes to their interests. I think it's important not to give up faced with a great power, to persevere and try to correct the very painful injustices," stressed Zeman.

The conference was organized by the Institute for Geostrategic Studies Geopolitikon in Prague and brought together prominent politicians and officials, while the organizer, political scientist Milutin Iljic, said that NATO's role regarding Kosovo and Metohija opened a Pandora's box.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)