Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs, Nebojsa Stefanovic says every story about the so-called Kosovo request to join Interpol represents politicization of this professional police organization.

Pristina's possible admission would constitute a gross violation of international law and UN Security Council Resolution 1244, Stefanovic told the tabloid Kurir.

Also, he said, it would represent a precedent that is contrary to the rules of Interpol, which strictly and unequivocally envisages that only UN member states and UN observers can be members of the organization.

Italian Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta met with President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, on Monday, Beta agency reported.

Trenta said that the Kosovo Force (KFOR) would continue to play an important role in preserving peace and stability, and in protecting the Serbs and other non-Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija, under the command of an Italian general.

The Office of the Serbian President said in a press release that Vucic and Trenta agreed it was necessary to continue the talks between Belgrade and Pristina.

Former Serbian Ambassador in UNESCO, Darko Tanaskovic told Radio Beograd that the issue of Kosovo and Metohija admission in UNESCO is not resolved. He expects a new request for membership would be submitted next year, adding it is a strategic aim of Pristina authorities and their international mentors.

Although the establishment of the Chamber Investment Forum has shown itself to be a great move that's yielding tangible results in terms of increases level of trade and business cooperation, support from the governments of the region remains insufficient. We see one possible solution to this in the establishment of ministries for regional cooperation within each government, just as Nordic countries have regional cooperation ministers

Serbian Trade and Telecommunication Minster, Rasim Ljajic told Prva TV, Serbs in Kosovo should act like Albanians did during the nineties.  

According to him, Serbs should inform all international organizations about what is happening to them, same as Albanians did earlier.

Commenting on the stoning incident in Istok, that took place yesterday, Ljajic said this incident has nothing to do with politics, but with fundamental rights and the security of the people who were targets of attacks just because they belong to different religion.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic said Kosovo “would fail” at the voting for membership in Interpol, despite of allocating millions of euros to become part of this international organization, BETA news agency reported.

“Without agreement (with Belgrade) there is no membership in any international organization. They would fail at the voting for Interpol, as they did for UNESCO,” Dacic added.

European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said that solving Kosovo issue was not the only condition for Serbia’s membership to the European Union, adding that the rule of law and good governance remained in the center of the negotiations, Belgrade-based Vecernje Novosti daily reports today.

Still, Hahn said, Belgrade should finalize and permanently implement an agreement with Pristina that would contribute to the regional stability.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic was the only speaker at the final panel of the 8^th Belgrade Security Forum, KoSSev portal reported.

She talked about the „burden“ which „Kosovo represents for the Serbian government“ and assessed that the current frozen conflict in Kosovo is creating „schizophrenic situations“ in the government’s work – as she has to go from a meeting on Serbia’s full membership in CERN, to the meetings during which she listens to the reports on armed threats.

Two buses transporting Orthodox believers from Belgrade were stoned yesterday in the village of Studenica near the town of Istok, the Kosovo police spokesperson for the region of Pec, Xhevat Ibraj, confirmed after Serbian media reported on the case.

“Buses transporting a group of 170 Serbs who came to the village of Studenica were stoned and thier windows were damaged by insofar unknown perpetrators. Police have taken all necessary measures to find the perpetrators, while the public prosecutor was also notified about this case,“ Ibraj told RTK2.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic underlined on Friday that Serbia highly appreciates Slovakia's partnership and support on the country's path to EU membership.

During her meeting in Belgrade on Friday with Slovak Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Information Richard Rasi, Brnabic also informed the Slovak minister about "the latest provocations and unacceptable actions of the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina."