The abbot of Visoki Decani monastery has said that countries that support Kosovo's UNESCO membership do so "for the sake of settling political interests, considering the fact Kosovo had to recognize the court for the crimes of the KLA and the Community/ Association of Serb municipalities. In an interview given to daily Politika, Janjic stressed that it was "completely unjust for all Serb shrines and spiritual heritage to become collateral damage."

"Today politics is in all spheres of life. Our right to tell the truth is also called politics by some, although we are not anybody's spokesmen, but are testifying to the reality in which we live, not just during the last 15 years, but for much longer," said Janjic.

The abbot of Visoki Decani added that UNESCO, with the possible admission of Kosovo, would show it had finally became a political branch of various centers of power "that are clashing over our heads - which can lead to the loss of any credibility of this UN organization, if it yields to these pressures."