Several hundred Serbs held a demonstration in Brussels on Sunday to protest Belgium's plans to recognize Kosovo as an independent state, Belgian public broadcaster VRT reported.
The protesters said last Sunday's unilateral declaration of independence by the Kosovo's parliament contravenes international law, the report said.
One of the demonstration's organizers, Serbian historian Alexis Troude, told journalists that the declaration of independence contravenes the United Nations Charter, UN resolution 1244, the 1975 Helsinki Final Act and the Serbian constitution.
The protesters said the recognition of Kosovo independence will have consequences elsewhere in Europe.
"Today it's Kosovo, but tomorrow it could be the Basque Country, Corsica, Sud-Tirol (Italy)," one of the protesters told Belgian press agency Belga.
A majority of the 27 EU member states have officially recognized or plan to recognize Kosovo's independence.
Source: Xinhua
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