All for One and One for All: Diplomatic Recognition of Kosovo, Abkhazia and South-Ossetia

... its unilateral declaration of independence under international law, and also due to concerns about possible implications of national independence movements. Spanish diplomatic reluctance underlines that recognition is correlated to domestic interests. Georgia — a pro-Western country — should logically support the recognition of Kosovo to backup the United-Sates and the European Union. On May 9, 2008, the President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, said " We are saying loud and clear that we have never planned to recognize Kosovo. Nor do we plan to do so in the future. The ...