Guinea Bissau denies it ever recognized Kosovo

Guinea Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who is visiting Belgrade, said on Friday that his country never recognized Kosovo as independent.

The O2 broadcaster is reporting that Embalo said Guinea Bissau is on the list of countries that have done that, even though it did not recognize Kosovo.

Suriname recently decided to revoke its recognition, while the first country that did this in the past was Sao Tome and Principe.

According to a website that has a list of countries that have recognized the unilaterally declared independence, Guinea Bissau is listed as allegedly doing so on January 14, 2011.

But speaking in Belgrade today, Embalo said he never saw any document that would confirm his country had indeed recognized Kosovo.

"If one of you has some paper, you should show it to me, I have searched everywhere and found nothing," he told a joint...