Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache has spoken out against Kosovo's membership in Interpol, as well as against the formation of an army in Kosovo.

Strache pointed this out after his meeting with Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic in Vienna on Friday.

At a joint press conference, Strache said that questions regarding Kosovo's membership in Interpol and formation of an army cannot be given a positive answer until the issue of Kosovo has been resolved at the UN level.

Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Secretary, Dijana Hrkalovic met with Angola Ambassador to Serbia Emilio Jose de Carvalho Guerra and presented to him Serbia’s arguments against the request of the so-called Kosovo to joint Interpol, Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti reports.

The Ambassador Guerra noted that his country did not and will not recognize unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo, as well as that it supports the stance of Serbia when it comes to Pristina request to join Interpol, Vecernje Novosti reported.

Former US ambassador to Serbia, now The EastWest Institute CIO and President, Cameron Munter, told N1 on Thursday that the best solution for both Belgrade and Pristina would be their mutual recognition, adding he was surprised with Serbia’s authorities reaction to current Washington envoy’s statement that for his country Kosovo was an independent state.

"As ambassador Scott said, it is nothing new. That’s the US stand about a real state, as Serbia is a real state,” Cameron Munter, who served as the US envoy in Serbia during Kosovo declaration of independence in 2008 said.

US State Department official Mathew Palmer told Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic that the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is important to the stability of the region, FoNet news agency reported.

He said Washington firmly believes that the dialogue is important to maintain peace and stability in the Western Balkans, Serbian Government press release said.

The US and German ambassadors to Serbia, Kyle Scott and Thomas Schieb said on Thursday that the European countries had the same approach toward the Balkans and firmly support their accession to the European Union, Beta news agency reported.

However, taking part at the Belgrade Security Forum conference on Belgrade – Pristina dialogue, the two expressed different opinions on a border correction between Pristina and Belgrade as a solution to the Kosovo issue.

President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday that he "appreciated the statements made by US Ambassador Kyle Scott."

Vucic also "stressed that Serbia has its own views."

"It's important what the US ambassador is saying, we respect that and appreciate it, but we have our own views," Vucic said when asked about the statement of Kyle Scott made about his country, the United States, not accepting the idea of ​​delineation (with Kosovo), "in order to create ethnically pure states" - as well as him saying that "Russian agents are active in the area of Serbia."

Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs State Secretary, Dijana Hrkalovic during the meeting with Algerian and Tunisian ambassadors to Serbia, Abdelhamid Cebchoub and Seyf Rejeb said that the eventual admission of the so-called Kosovo to Interpol would constitute violation of the international law, as well as of rules and procedures of this police international organization, Novosti daily reported yesterday afternoon.

Hrkalovic noted the eventual admission of the so-called Kosovo to Interpol would also constitute breaching of a legally binding UN SC Resolution 1244.

Serbia won’t succeed unless it adopts a clear policy on Kosovo and won’t achieve anything unless it recognizes Kosovo, Sir Robert Francis Cooper, a British diplomat, former mediator in the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue and a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, told TV N1 yesterday.

Addressing the 8^th Belgrade Security Forum conference, Cooper added that how and when Serbia would do that was up to it, but that should be done at a certain point.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia and Austria have good relations, but that their stances on Kosovo differ, RTS reports today.

Speaking at a joint press conference following the meeting with his Austrian counterpart, Alexander Van der Bellen, President Vucic said he has informed his Austrian friends about Serbia’s readiness to talk about Belgrade-Pristina relations, and that it is needed to reach a negotiated solution.

Eventual admission of the so-called Kosovo to Interpol would represent violation of the international law, Serbian Ministry of Interior State Secretary, Dijana Hrkalovic said, Tanjug news agency reported.

She also added, this would represent violation of a legally binding UN SC Resolution 1244.