The self-proclaimed state of Kosovo has failed to become a member of Interpol in the two rounds of voting on Tuesday, at the General Assembly held in Dubai. B92.net learned this on Tuesday. The round's result was 76 votes in favor, 56 against, 22 abstained.

Aleksandar Vucic said late on Monday that he is listening “on a daily basis to the wishes of westerners for Serbia to continue the dialogue with Kosovo." Vucic reiterated that there will be no continuation of the dialogue until Pristina withdraws its measures, referring to an additional tax of 10 percent that Pritina has imposed on goods from central Serbia and from Bosnia-Herzegovina. "We are ready to talk at any moment. But how to talk when someone after 12 years (since the signing of the regional free trade CEFTA agreement) will not implement something they signed.

During this morning, voting will definitely take place on whether Kosovo will join Interpol.

Spokesperson of the Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry, Emmanuel Nahshon said the position of Israel is clear and this country does not recognize Kosovo, nor plans to do so, Tanjug news agency reported. “We do not recognize Kosovo, and as far as I know, our stance on this matter will not change,” Nahshon told Serbian media in Israel, assessing relations between Serbia and Israel as excellent, Blic daily said. Commenting on Serbia’s voting in the UN regarding Palestine, Nahshon said “they expect their friends to vote as friends,” adding that “whoever recognizes Palestine does not do good to the

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic thanked the President of China, Xi Jinping and Ambassador to Serbia Li Manchang for the support that China extended to Serbia in preserving its territorial integrity, Tanjug news agency reported. During the working meeting with Ambassador Li, Vucic particularly thanked the President Xi, China and delegation of this country in Interpol, for unlimited supported, in respecting the international law, despite strong pressure from some western countries to breach integrity of the Republic of Serbia and enable Kosovo membership in Interpol.

The General Assembly of INTERPOL began on Sunday in Dubai. The most important topic on the agenda for Belgrade and Pristina is the vote on Kosovo membership to this organization, KoSSev portal reports. Serbia is strongly opposing this, not only because it does not recognize the independence of Kosovo, but because, as officials from Belgrade say, Interpol databases would be “used for criminal purposes“. Officials in Pristina are expressing the same suspicions about Serbia.

Montenegrin Minister of Foreign Affairs, Srdjan Darmanovic expressed satisfaction over Montenegro relations with the countries in the region, Sputnik portal reports. Darmanovic noted that “relations with neighbours are the pillars of Montenegro foreign policy.” He said Montenegro will not deal with Belgrade-Pristina negotiations, but it expects the dialogue would continue. He also said Montenegro would again vote for Kosovo to become a member of Interpol, since “there is no reason to change decision.” “We are friends to the both sides, we do not want political tensions in the region, and if

Analyst Cvijetin Milivojevic told BETA news agency Russia did not change its stance on Kosovo, although an image is being created that Moscow supports an idea on delineation. “It absolutely has no connection with the official Russian politics, that remains unchanged and Russia does not support independence of Kosovo,” Milivojevic noted. “The new occurrence, however, is that some circles within the Serbian authorities are in fact lobbying among the part of the Russian administration in order for Russia to soften its stance.

Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs, Nebojsa Stefanovic told RTS there are legal, police and political arguments pointing that the membership of so-called Kosovo in Interpol would constitute a precedent. Stefanovic made these remarks, speaking for the RTS Saturday news edition, adding that for a year now, Serbia is intensively stressing to all the states in the world how much it would be detrimental to allow Kosovo to become Interpol member. “In addition to the UN SC Resolution 1244, other acts clearly stipulate that Kosovo is neither a state, nor member of the UN, nor it has observer statu

A group of EU member states have expressed "great skepticism" regarding the approval of visa liberalization for Kosovo. Only two countries supported the entry of Kosovo into the Schengen area, B92 reports. This is written in a report by the Kosovo Foreign Ministry which daily Koha Ditore said it had seen.