





Ukrainian media: Any claim by Romania over Serpents Island would lead to Kiev recognition of Transdniester independence
The paper reminds that President Yushchenko and the Ukrainian Foreign minister agreed that the case be judged at the Hague, but claims that no self-respecting state would recognize this "office".
Meanwhile, Regnume press agency quotes Ukrainian politologist Andrey Ermolaev who says that in the case of a precedent made by a Hague verdict in favor of Romania in the Serpents Island issue, another precedent should come up, leading to the possibility of a peaceful redrawal of all post-war borders. Ermolaev says that considering that neither NATO nor the EU adopted a public stance on Romania's policy, a conscious and well-thought action exists against Ukraine, in diplomatic form.