Guterres: UNMIK remains; Kosovo is not a country for UN (RTS)
The United Nations will support Belgrade and Pristina's deal on Kosovo, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a talk to Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic. He points out that UNMIK remains in Kosovo, and that for the UN "Kosovo is not a state", reports today Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) quoting the cabinet of the Serbian PM.
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York on the eve of her address to the General Assembly.
"For the United Nations, Kosovo is not a state," Guterres said in a conversation, and the Prime Minister's Office Brnabic reported.
The Secretary General added that the UN would support Belgrade and Pristina's deal on Kosovo.
RTS reports that Brnabic stressed that Serbia was committed to the vision and missions of the United Nations.
"We believe that the UN should play a more active role in international relations," said PM Ana Brnabic.
She added that Serbia is actively contributing to the UN in peacekeeping, and that more than 300 women and men from our country are participating in peacekeeping missions around the world.
"It is in the interest of Serbia that Unmik remain in Kosovo and Metohija in an unlimited number and without a change in the mandate, which I pointed out at the 'Action for Peace' meeting," the Prime Minister emphasized.
"The UNMIK Mission remains in Kosovo and Metohija," UN Secretary General Guterres reportedly said in a conversation.
Ana Brnabic said that the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, is leading the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, who also attended the meeting, actively worked on conveying the message to the world on what Serbia has done.
"We are committed to finding a solution and we do not want to freeze the conflict," the prime minister noted.
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic repeated the invitation to Guterres to visit Serbia.