President of Papal Council for Christian Reunification, Cardinal Walter Casper says Vatican has no intention to recognize Kosovo's independence, reports InterFax.

"Until this moment, the Holy Synod has not recognized Kosovo as an independent country, and has no intention to do so" said Casper in an interview published by Magazine "Itogi".

In the Interview, the Cardinal explains that Vatican understand why "Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church are worried with Kosovo" and admit that Kosovo is "craddle of the Serbian Orthodox Church".

According to the Cardinal, the Holy Synod understand that "each national minority as a right on social, religios and cultural existence, including the Kosovo Albanians as well as the Serbian minorities that live today on Kosovo's territory".