Kosovo’s Minister for Interior Affairs, Skender Hyseni, is on a three-day visit to New York to meet the United Nations law enforcement representatives as well as permanent representative of different countries to the UN. Hyseni met Stefan Feller, the United Nations Police Advisor in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and briefed him on the content of Kosovo’s application for membership of Interpol. Hyseni highlighted strong arguments why Kosovo should join Interpol and called on UN agencies to support Kosovo’s bid. “The time has come for Kosovo to assume full responsibilities in international police cooperation. With all due respect to UNMIK’s role so far, the time has come for Kosovo to have direct access to Interpol information and to offer information on issues that fall under the jurisdiction of Interpol,” Hyseni said. Feller praised Kosovo’s progress in the capacity building for fighting transnational organized crime and said it was important to support Kosovo’s endeavors for international police cooperation.