Dacic: We will not let Pristina's CoE membership happen without a fight

LODZ - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday Belgrade would not let Pristina's Council of Europe (CoE) membership happen without a fight.

"I have warned of the complexity of Pristina's CoE membership, noting that the membership will not happen without a fight," Dacic said in a statement to Tanjug from Lodz after meeting with Icelandic counterpart Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjord Gylfadottir, whose country is to assume the CoE presidency.

"The issue of Pristina's membership is destroying all the principles we are adhering to when it comes to the territorial integrity of Ukraine," Dacic said.

He said a potential decision to admit Pristina to the CoE would be the first time such an important issue was decided on by outvoting or through mutual accusations, rather than by consensus.

Dacic, who is attending an OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Lodz, also spoke with UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and is scheduled to meet with his counterparts from countries including Germany, the Czech Republic and Romania and with EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell.