BRUSSELS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Spain, grappling with its own separatist movements, said on Monday it would not recognise Kosovo's independence from Serbia.

"The government of Spain will not recognise the unilateral act proclaimed yesterday by the assembly of Kosovo," Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told reporters on arrival for a meeting of European Union foreign ministers.

"We will not recognise because we consider ... this does not respect international law," he said, adding that to be legal, secession required either an agreement between the parties or a U.N. Security Council resolution. (Reporting by Ingrid Melander, writing by Paul Taylor)

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