Interview: Miguel Angel Moratinos, the former head of Spanish diplomacy, and honorary citizen of Belgrade

Serbia has formally started accession negotiations with the European Union in January 2014. However, negotiating chapters have not been opened. It is obvious that the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina is one of the most important conditions. How do you assess this approach of the EU?

“Spain is deeply convinced that the support of the United States and other countries for the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo is a huge mistake,” said Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of Spain in Belgrade, Inigo Ramirez de Aro Valdes, noting that Catalan separatism is not supported.

Ramirez de Aro said that the Catalan separatism has no international support, because "recognition of unilateral declarations causes global chaos and a map of the world turns into a pointless war pattern".