BELGRADE — The Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS) has said that Serbia should “avoid matches with Kosovo at all costs.”
“The admission of Kosovo to FIBA membership, despite objections from Serbia, was a logical consequence of Kosovo’s membership of the International Olympic Committee (granted in December 2014). The Basketball Association of Serbia will do everything to protect the Serbian clubs and players in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija,” the KSS said.
“We expect FIBA to take seriously our warning that matches at any level, club or international and ranging from youth to senior, should be avoided at all costs,” it said.
On March 13, FIBA announced that the Kosovo Basketball Federation had been officially admitted to the membership of the organization, becoming its 215th member.
Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Serbia’s southern province, in 2008 unilaterally declared independence – a declaration Serbia considers a violation of its Constitution and territorial integrity.
