Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s close associate, Internal Affairs Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said he would advise the president to do nothing about Kosovo and leave the problem to someone else.

Stefanovic told Monday’s issue of Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti that it would be hard to find a solution to the Kosovo problem in 2019.

He said his advice to Vucic is given as “a long-time friend”. According to the minister, President Vucic has agreed to find a solution for Kosovo “despite attacks from all sides”.

“He is doing something that can only inflict political damage on him because there is no solution that the people of Serbia will be satisfied with,” Stefanovic said.

He added that the Serbian authorities are carefully monitoring events and are prepared to respond to every scenario in Kosovo.