Angela Merkel: German government will not take an immediate decision until the EU spells out its position.

Robert Kocharian: Meghri was mentioned at the Key West talks in the context of communications and was never referred to as a territory for swap.

Protesters smashed windows at the U.S. and Slovenian Embassies in Belgrade.

RF Foreign Ministry: the decisions by the Kosovo leadership create the risk of an escalation of tension and inter-ethnic violence in the province and of new conflict in the Balkans.

KFOR will continue to provide security for all citizens of Kosovo, majority and minority alike, in an impartial manner, just as before.

Recognition of Kosovo's independence by the international community will establish a dangerous precedent throughout the world.

Sergei Markedonov: Nagorno Karabakh became independent in 1991. Transdnistria proclaimed independence in 1990. No one spoke of Kosovo at that time.

Mensur Akgun: Azerbaijan should be prepared to brisk up diplomatic activities.

Proclamation of Kosovo's independence has created a legal mechanism for unilateral secession, said NKR national security council secretary.