Serbia's ambassador to UNESCO told Sputnik Serbia that the country would win the diplomatic battle against unrecognized Kosovo's membership in UNESCO, as the opposite would mean putting Serbian cultural heritage in the region in danger.
The
unrecognized state of Kosovo's admission to UNESCO, the United Nations'
cultural heritage body, is completely unacceptable, Serbia's ambassador
to the organization, Darko Tanaskovic, told Sputnik Serbia.
Taskanovic also said that granting the unrecognized state of Kosovo membership in UNESCO cannot happen, even despite partial international recognition.
"If Kosovo joins UNESCO, from the
administrative point of view, Serbian heritage would belong to the
territory of the 'state of Kosovo' and it cannot be excluded that there
would be attempts to appropriate it," Tanaskovic told Sputnik Serbia.
According
to Tanaskovic, the ideology of "Greater Albania" advocates the
destruction of remnants of Serbian culture and attempts to create a
Kosovo culture which would appropriate everything on its territory. Over
100 Serbian Orthodox churches were destroyed in Kosovo between 1999 and
2004, when the breakaway territory was administered by the United
Nations.
"The law of Kosovo's cultural heritage, which still has not been
reviewed in the self-proclaimed republic's parliament, stipulated that
all heritage would be considered property of the 'state of Kosovo,'
which is absolutely unacceptable," Tanaskovic added.
Taskanovic also said that granting the unrecognized state of Kosovo membership in UNESCO cannot happen, even despite partial international recognition.
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