UN: We are not a state, you cannot declare an unwanted UNMIK official

He was arrested, along with another UNMIK employee of Serbian nationality, during a police operation in northern Kosovo, which according to authorities directed against some suspected of organised crime and smuggling.

Farhan Haq, spokesman for the UN secretary general, told Voice of America that Kosovo cannot make such a decision, as the UN is not a state.

Our two officials were released at the beginning of the week. The Russian official three days ago, while the Serb member yesterday. We are aware that an official of ours has been declared an unwanted person, but the position of the UN is that we are not a state and the concept of the unwanted person applies to reports between states, but does not apply to the United Nations”, the spokesman says.