Izvor: N1 televizija, 20.Nov.2018, 15:32 (ažurirano 02.Apr.2020.)
US envoy: It’s a pity Kosovo hasn’t joined Interpol
The US ambassador to Serbia said on Tuesday it was “a pity” that Kosovo had not been accepted into Interpol, adding the outcome of the vote was the result of pressure by Serbia which fought for its views, the Belgrade-based news agencies reported.
After the second round of voting, Kosovo was short of the two-thirds majority of the present Interpol delegates needed to become a part of the international police organisation during the General Assembly meeting in Dubai, >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << with 68 states in favour, 51 against and 16 abstained.
Kyle Scott told reporters in Belgrade that Kosovo had more votes for its Interpol membership, but that the rules demanded the two-thirds majority.
“As far as I’m concerned, it a pity for police because Interpol is the police organisation, it's not an international organisation of countries. That means it will be more difficult for Kosovo to get an international warrant from Interpol. Considering that the police cooperation between Serbia and Kosovo is crucial, that (the decision) is damaging in the end,” Scott told the FoNet news agency.
Asked about how the decision from Dubai could affect the regional security, Scott said that at present, “the best cooperation in the region is among criminal organisations,” and that “the fight against crime would have been better if police cooperated better.”
On the other hand, Russian ambassador to Belgrade Aleksandar Chepurin congratulated Serbia’s Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic “both his birthday and an excellent job in Dubai. The holiday and the victory go along very well,” he said.
