Aleksandar Vulin, Serbia's Interior Minister, told the Swiss ambassador to Serbia Urs Schmid that Belgrade would work 'actively' to prevent Pristina from submitting a request to join Interpol.

„That would be unacceptable,“ Vulin said.

He added that „the so-called Kosovo cannot be a member of an international organisation, especially the one dealing with data on drug cartels,“ Vulin said according to his Ministry’s press release.

Also on Monday, Vulin met the Japanese ambassador to Serbia Katsumata Takahiko and reiterated his country’s strong objection to Kosovo’s Interpol membership.