Dacic: CoE session aimed at securing independence for so-called Kosovo

NEW YORK - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said on Monday an upcoming Council of Europe (CoE) session on the so-called Kosovo's admission to the organisation had been called to secure independence for the so-called Kosovo and was a follow-up to the 1999 NATO aggression on the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

"That is just a follow-up to what began 25 years ago yesterday. They simply cannot believe a small country like Serbia is fighting against a full independence of 'Kosovo' materialising in the international arena. They are wondering how it is possible that countries are derecognising (the so-called Kosovo). Today, 109 countries do not recognise 'Kosovo' and 84 recognise it," Dacic told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York.

He noted that the international community had demanded that Pristina form a Community of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo...