Kosovo’s associate membership in the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) does not mean it has been recognized as a state, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said yesterday, TV N1 reports.

Speaking at the OIF summit of heads of state and government in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Dacic said that there are 13 permanent members of the organization which have not recognized Kosovo. A Foreign Ministry press release said that those countries submitted a declaration to the summit stating that their stand on Kosovo had not changed.