Dacic: Norway has decided to close its embassy in Pristina

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Friday Norway had decided to close its embassy in Pristina.

Speaking to Pink TV, Dacic said he had learned of the decision after a meeting with the state secretary at the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, Eivind Vad Petersson, and added that it was a blow to Pristina.

Commenting on Pristina PM Albin Kurti's decision to declare two organisations established in the north of Kosovo-Metohija as terrorist organisations, Dacic said Kurti was constantly striving to brand Serbia and all Serbs as genocidal and portray Serbia as a side that must pay war reparations.

He said recognitions of the so-called Kosovo opened a Pandora's box.

"That has helped us explain that phenomenon to countries that have recognised Kosovo. We had no diplomacy before 2012, and when (Aleksandar) Vucic and I as minister made a decision to work on that, we started explaining to people that someone would do the same in their countries, too," Dacic said.