The Serbian government and the Ministry of Culture and Information resolutely oppose admitting Kosovo to UNESCO, Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac has said in a letter sent to UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and over 190 culture ministers across the world.

The move would represent a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and it would negatively influence the current dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and undermined the already frail security of cultural monuments in Kosovo, warns Tasovac, according to a release from the Ministry of Culture.

He believes that such a move would be highly detrimental to the reconciliation process, but above all to the cultural heritage in Kosovo, which, as he pointed out, is not only Serbian but also European and world heritage.

I want to share with you my concerns about the recently announced campaign, resolutely opposed to by the Republic of Serbia, to admit the self-declared independent state of Kosovo to UNESCO, Tasovac said in the letter.