12 minutes agoMPs don't bother Serbia's letter to Interpol members not to accept Kosovo
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The state of Serbia, at any cost, is trying to leave Kosovo out of membership in Interpol. This state's Interior Minister, Nebojsa Stefanovic, has acknowledged that the states that have recognised Kosovo are lobby for Interpol accession, and there is also pressure on those states that have not recognised Kosovo to vote [...]
The state's interior minister, Nebojsa Stefanovic, has acknowledged that the states that have recognised Kosovo are lobbiing for Interpol accession, and also there is pressure on those states that have not recognised Kosovo to vote in favour of membership, KTV reports.
Stefanovici has shown how he is countering the pro-member Kosovo lobby.
“All the member states of INTERPOL, I, personally, have sent letters and spoken to ministers who will be present, with diplomas and ambassadors and stressed three facts that we classified in the political, police and justice aspect, which speak of why Kosovo should not be joined at Interpol”, Stefanovi said.
The Kosovo government last week allocated 1.2m euros for lobbying for Kosovo's membership in Interpol.
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they have not wanted to talk about concrete steps being taken so that Kosovo can be part of Interpol, but in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they express confidence that at the end of the General Assembly, Kosovo will be part of Interpol.
According to Deputy Minister Izmi Zeka, after the decision to withdraw from the candidacy for membership in the 2017 assembly, Kosovo institutions have worked intensively for the next assembly to result successfully.
The institutional commitment, according to Zeka, is not being influenced by statements and obstacles coming from official Belgrade.
The Interpol General Assembly, held this year in Dubai, will hold works between November 18th and 21st.
