Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti writes on Wednesday that the UK, USA, France and Sweden are trying to keep any story about Kosovo, including Pristina’s steps towards the formation of an ‘army’, away from the UN Security Council.
According to the daily, these four countries try to prevent including of the discussion on Kosovo’ situation into agenda of the next session of the Council, scheduled for 8th November.
Previously, Secretary-General Antony Geuterres’ report on the situation in Kosovo (the work of the UN mission, UNMIK) was supposed to be on the agenda in August but the UK, which was the head of the Council at that time, refused to discuss it.
Their ignoring of the topic was followed by Washington, and so the situation in Kosovo also was not considered in September, when the US had the Council presidency.
In the meantime, this rotating position came to China, which plans to put both reports on Kosovo, that Guterres previously wrote but were not discussed, in the agenda of the next session.
However, the agenda has not yet been adopted, and the US, the UK, France, and Sweden, are trying to once again skip debating the problems in Kosovo, reports Belgrade based Vecernje Novosti.
According to the daily, Serbia is in constant communication with China, and since the establishment of the agenda is a technical rather than a political issue, it cannot be vetoed and is adopted by a simple majority. This means that the Russian or the Chinese vote carries the same weight as the other 13 members who currently make up the Council – nine of which have recognized Kosovo.
