In a joint statement, the leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia have declared that the independence of Kosova should help them get international recognition.

Below is an article published by The Moscow Times:

The leaders of Georgia's […] regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia appealed to the United Nations on Monday [4 June 2007] to put them in line for international recognition after Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo.

Abkhazia's Sergei Bagapsh and South Ossetia's Eduard Kokoity also said they hoped for stronger support from Russia now that it finds itself increasingly at odds with the West.

"If Kosovo is separated from Serbia and its independence is recognized, one more powerful proof will emerge that ethnic conflicts can be solved on principles other than a respect for territorial integrity," they said in a statement released after a regular meeting in Moscow. "Abkhazia and South Ossetia have just as strong grounds to demand independence as Kosovo."