Serbian hierarch: The problem of Kosovo could become a boomerang on a
European scale
Moscow, March 7, Interfax - Metropolitan Amfilohy of Montenegro and
Primorje thinks that independence of Kosovo would entail negative
consequences for the whole Europe.
'The problem of Kosovo could become a boomerang on an European
scale', Serbian hierarch said in an interview published by Kommersant
daily on Tuesday.
First, 'new problems would arise in the Balkans because of the
incorrect solution of the problem of Kosovo' (separation of Kosovo -
IF).
'A precedent would be created, and many people in Europe and
throughout the world would cite the example of Kosovo. They would say:
'Why Bosnia and Herzegovina could not raise a question of
independence? What kind of example will that give to South Ossetia or
Abkhazia, Corsica in France, or the Kurds in Turkey?', metropolitan
Amfilohy asked.
He recalled that over 150 monasteries and church buildings were ruined,
hundreds of thousands were expatriated, and 'real ethnic cleanings
took place' in Kosovo in 1999-2006.
'So, what will happen with the Serbs and other minorities living in
the autonomous region when the Albanian majority there becomes
independent?', the hierarch asked.
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