Thursday, September 08, 2011

Vatican position on Kosovo "unchanged"

The Vatican does not recognize the unilateral proclamation of independence made by ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in early 2008. 

There is no change in the attitude of the Holy See toward Kosovo, the director of the Vatican press service Father Federico Lombardi said in a telephone statement for Tanjug.

Previously, the Kosovo Albanian authorities in Priština said that Apostolic delegate to Kosovo and Nuncio to Slovenia Julius Janus "met in with Kosovo's Foreign Minister Enver Hodzaj and told him he would return to Kosovo soon with good news from the Vatican".