There are no reasons – besides political ones – for Interpol to accept Kosovo as its member, Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has said, adding that Serbia is working on submitting political, legal, and police arguments why Kosovo should not become a member of Interpol.
Stefanovic told TV Pink that he personally has sent letters to all members of Interpol explaining the reasons against the membership of Kosovo in Interpol, but also that it should be taken into consideration that there are those who will never change. He explained that the member of Interpol can be only a country that is a member of the UN, or hold the role of an UN observer – and that Kosovo is neither one nor the other.
In addition to these legal reasons against Kosovo membership in Interpol, there are political reasons as well, Stefanovic continued – “first of all that (UN Security Council) Resolution 1244 says Kosovo is part of Serbia, the second, that we have clear indications that this membership would be used to raise Interpol notices against everyone who they (Pristina) think is inappropriate, it is quite clear.”
The third set of reasons, the police ones – suggests that KiM still as, to this day, in accordance with Resolution 1244, is in contact with Interpol with which it can work, through UNMIK,” he said
“However, they (Pristina) do not want to go through UNMIK – they want membership as a proof of their so-called statehood, and that’s all this is about,” Stefanovic underlined.
