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Membership of "Kosovo" in WCO suspended
Belgrade,
9 July 2017
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that at the yesterday's session of the World Customs Organisation (SCO) regarding the accession of the so-called "Kosovo" to this organisation, “Kosovo” was deprived of the right to vote, while its admission to the WCO has been suspended until further notice.
The announcement states that an extraordinary session of the SCO Council has been scheduled for the end of this year, and a working group will be formed in the meantime to consider the case of "Kosovo" and propose a solution for the future status in the SCO Council, and until then the 2012 decision will apply under which the reception of "Kosovo" in the SCO is premature.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Office for Kosovo-Metohija and the Customs Administration jointly worked to challenge the illegitimate attempt to receive the so-called "Kosovo" into the WCO after Belgium, as the depositary of the convention, and the SCO Secretariat, contrary to the 2012 SCO's decision that "the receipt of Kosovo is premature", attempted to allow "Kosovo" to join this institution, despit the protest of the Republic of Serbia and another twenty countries.
Membership of the so-called "Kosovo" was suspended at the request of Serbia until the next session, the statement said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Office for Kosovo-Metohija and the Customs Administration jointly worked to challenge the illegitimate attempt to receive the so-called "Kosovo" into the WCO after Belgium, as the depositary of the convention, and the SCO Secretariat, contrary to the 2012 SCO's decision that "the receipt of Kosovo is premature", attempted to allow "Kosovo" to join this institution, despit the protest of the Republic of Serbia and another twenty countries.
Membership of the so-called "Kosovo" was suspended at the request of Serbia until the next session, the statement said.
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