Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who was hosting the meeting, said that uncertainty over Kosovo's future is the biggest dilemma facing the region.
The presidents of Albania, Austria, Bulgaria,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova,
Montenegro, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia attended.
The leaders did not come to a consensus about whether Kosovo should be granted internationally supervised independence, as a recent UN report has recommended.
Meanwhile, approximately 1,000 demonstrators gathered in central Prague today to protest U.S. plans to place part of a missile-defense system in the Czech Republic.
Washington wants to put a radar system in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in Poland to counter potential threats from Iran and North Korea. Protesters called for a national referendum on the issue.
The Czech government supports hosting the radar, but recent polls show that a majority of Czechs oppose the plan.
(Reuters, AP, AFP, dpa)
The presidents of Albania, Austria, Bulgaria,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova,
Montenegro, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia attended.
The leaders did not come to a consensus about whether Kosovo should be granted internationally supervised independence, as a recent UN report has recommended.
Meanwhile, approximately 1,000 demonstrators gathered in central Prague today to protest U.S. plans to place part of a missile-defense system in the Czech Republic.
Washington wants to put a radar system in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in Poland to counter potential threats from Iran and North Korea. Protesters called for a national referendum on the issue.
The Czech government supports hosting the radar, but recent polls show that a majority of Czechs oppose the plan.
(Reuters, AP, AFP, dpa)
