Pristina's new bid to join UNESCO reason for withdrawal of Serbian embassy staff from Skopje

The FYROM (Macedonian) government has drafted a proposal to support Pristina's new bid to join UNESCO, Sputnik is reporting on Monday.

That is "one of the reasons" why the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to withdraw the staff of the country's embassy in Skopje for urgent consultations, the agency said.

In the meantime, no official reason has been given in Belgrade, where Prime Minister Ana Brnabic described the situation this morning as "no small matter."

Brnabic told reporters that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would soon issue a statements that is being worked on "jointly."

Earlier on Monday, RTS reported that it received confirmation that the entire staff of the Serbian embassy in Skopje has been withdrawn for urgent consultations in Belgrade.

Serbian Ambassador Dusanka Divjak-Tomic and the staff, as stated, arrived last night ...