Kosovo’s Interior Minister, Skender Hyseni, told Radio Free Europe on Tuesday that international cooperation and exchange of information between security institutions of different countries, are the essential elements for combating terrorism and violent extremism. According to him, the non-recognition of Kosovo by Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the lack of diplomatic relations with these two countries, is the main obstacle to exchange of information and combating terrorism in the regional context. “While we have good cooperation with other countries in the region, there is a total deficit of information exchange with Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Hyseni said, adding that Kosovo is open for cooperation in this field with all the neighbouring countries.