Dacic: So-called Kosovo will never become OSCE member

SKOPJE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday the so-called Kosovo would never become a member of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Commenting on reports that Albania had sought OSCE membership for the so-called Kosovo, Dacic said that, fortunately, decisions in the organisation were taken by consensus.

"Kosovo will never be able to become an OSCE member because Serbia will not agree to that," Dacic told reporters on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Skopje.

He said the issue of territorial integrity had been mentioned at the meeting on many occasions but that Serbia could not accept the territorial integrity of Ukraine or any other country as being more important than its own territorial integrity.

"It is hypocritical that someone here is talking about a need to protect the principle of territorial integrity while openly proposing a violation of the principle of the territorial integrity of Serbia," Dacic said.