No official comments from the Bishops Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius, which covers Serbia, Montenegro and FYROM, at the news of the independence of Kosovo from Serbia, which was proclaimed yesterday by the prime minister, Hashim Thaci. Contacted by SIR, the president of the Bishops Conference and Metropolitan Archbishop of Belgrade asked "everyone to promote exhaustive dialogue and pray. The problem of relations between East and West need to be investigated. Europe must deeply look for its own identity, and only with a clear identity can it find the criteria to solve its problems". (dnr)
