"This is the last opportunity, if Kosovo is definitely received into the UNESCO, to sign a written bilateral agreement with Pristina," said Borislav Stefanovic to Danas, the former Serbian negotiator in the technical dialogue with Pristina.

Stefanovic also said that, after the recommendation of the Executive Board of UNESCO, it should be negotiated with Pristina calmly and cool-headed on the regulation of many issues, including the protection of churches and monasteries, property, the position of Serbs in Kosovo.

Asked by the paper "whether this means that the Serbian government should give up on fighting against the definitive vote on the admission of Kosovo to UNESCO" Stefanovic said "it should not" and that it was "necessary to continue with efforts to prevent this."