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Harmful consequences of possible receipt of "Kosovo" in Interpol

Belgrade, 23 October 2018

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic today expressed expectation that the so-called "Kosovo" will not be admitted to Interpol this year as well as the hope that the member states of this organisation will not violate international law.

Stefanovic recalled that at last year's session, Interpol adopted a resolution that states that countries seeking admission to Interpol must be members of the UN or must have the status of an observer in the UN, and "Kosovo" is neither one nor the other.

He estimated that it is hardly imaginable that a reputable and professional police organisation like Interpol would have violated its own resolution, expressing the expectation that member states would not allow the politicization of this police organisation.

The reception of "Kosovo" would constitute the worst violation of international law, Stefanovic pointed out, and stressed that self-proclaimed Pristina institutions are not able to ensure a minimum security for citizens living in our southern province.

It is absolutely absurd that people who are themselves on the Interpol warrant lists for the most serious crimes now want to decide who should join them on that list, and not based on legally substantiated arguments, but in the montage processes whose scenario is known in advance, he underlined.