The Polish government has recognized Kosovo's independence as the cabinet adopted a resolution on the matter during its meeting on Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told a press conference following the meeting that he hoped "the recognition will be a milestone on the road of both Serbia and Kosovo to European structures."
"Poland believes that Kosovo's independence is a sui generis (special) case, i.e. it cannot be a precedent for some other separatist tendencies (elsewhere)," Sikorski was quoted by Polish news agency PAP.
He voiced the hope that Kosovo "will implement the promises contained in its declaration of independence: on respect for ethnic and social minorities, on secular and democratic character of the state, on preserving cultural monuments."
The foreign minister noted that Poland had historically good relations with Serbia and that the decision to recognize Kosovo's independence was not made "enthusiastically."
Sikorski also said the cabinet had not decided on sending a political mission to Serbia at its sitting Tuesday, but added that there was "readiness to send such a mission" and that he considered "it right to send such a mission."
Kosovo's parliament voted to adopt a declaration of the province's independence from Serbia on Feb. 17. Belgrade immediately denounced the declaration as illegal. The responses from the international community have so far been mixed.
Source: Xinhua
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