BELGRADE - The Olympic Committee of Serbia (OKS) on Thursday condemned in the strongest terms the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to grant full membership to the unilaterally declared Republic of Kosovo, thus setting a precedent as this is not a member of the United Nations.

Members of the OKS Executive Board concluded that the OKS has done everything within its power and in due time and successfully blocked Kosovo's IOC membership over the past five years, protecting the provisions of the Olympic Charter.
"From 1996 to this day, Art. 30 of the Olympic Charter has defined a country's international recognition in a way that implies UN membership. This time, it was interpreted as being recognized by the majority of the international community, i.e. 108 out of 193 UN member states,” the OKS said in a release.