Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Sputnik portal (Serbian language) that the problem of Kosovo, instead of imposing an ultimatum, can be solved only by bringing positions closer and by consensus.
On Sputnik's question about the idea of dual sovereignty in Kosovo, reported by some media in Pristina, Lavrov replied that the West, when it recognized the illegally declared independence of Kosovo, did not mention dual sovereignty.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again called for international law to be respected in order to avoid situations similar to the bombing of Yugoslavia.
Putin, who spoke during plenary session of the International Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg, referenced NATO's 1999 aerial war against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, i.e., Serbia and Montenegro.
Vecernje Novosti reports that the new protest of the students in Mitrovica North is scheduled for today at 12.30. A walk is planned from the student canteen to the headquarters of the OSCE and UNMIK, where it will symbolically be buried International Law, UNSC Resolution 1244, the UN Charter and the military-technical agreement from Kumanovo at 12.44.
The General Assembly of Interpol accepted the request of Pristina to consider Kosovo's application for membership in that international police organization in mid-November. Pristina officials believe that Kosovo will be the the 193th member of the Interpol the next month, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says to the portal Insajder that that he does not think that they will he will have the necessary majority, and that together with the MUP, his ministry is doing everything to prevent the initiative of Pristina.
Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin emphasized in Beijing that after NATO bombed Serbia without a UN Security Council decision, international law died.
Brussels did not provide convincing explanation, and I do not see how membership to the EU could influence international assessment of the declaration of independence, stated Serbian Academic and International Law Professor, Tibor Vardi to Politika daily.
The parallel between Catalonia and Kosovo is not simple, but it is also not without grounds, said Vardi, commenting on the stance of the European Commission saying Catalonia and Kosovo are incomparable, because Spain is an EU member state.
The Catalan regional government is planning to declare independence soon. However, it will not be able to refer to either international or the European law. The same thing as Kosovo did not become independent legally, but politically, Deutche Welle (DW) reported today.