Youth Education Committee

BELGRADE - The Youth Education Committee has withdrawn its invitation for Kosovo Foreign Minister Hasim Taci to attend the conference on European integration of the Western Balkans due to take place on April 24 in Belgrade.

This was done under pressure and threats addressed to the body, which the Committee takes very seriously, the NGO released on Monday.

NGO withdraws invitation sent to Thaci

BELGRADE -- A Belgrade-based NGO has withdrawn the invitation sent to the Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci for participation in a conference they organize on April 24.

Thaci was to take part in the event organized by the Youth Education Committee.

BELGRADE - Belgrade's liaison officer in Pristina Dejan Pavicevic on Monday responded to Pristina's request that Kosovo Foreign Minister Hasim Taci be allowed to visit Belgrade by indicating that there is a final conviction against Taci and that he would be taken to a competent court, it was confirmed to Tanjug in the Office for Kosovo-Metohija.

Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic announced on Thursday that the Foreign Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaci risks being arrested if he attends a conference in Belgrade next week.

Stefanovic explained that in case Thaci comes to Serbia, the Interior Ministry will take action in accordance with the law and bring him to justice, Tanjug state news agency reports.

BELGRADE - Kosovo Minister of Foreign Affairs Hasim Taci confirmed his visit to Belgrade to attend the conference on European integration of the Western Balkans due to take place from April 23 to 25, the Youth Education Committee released as the organiser.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Thursday that Kosovo's Foreign Minister Hasim Taci will be arrested if he comes to Belgrade.

"If he appears in Belgrade, the interior ministry will take action in line with the law and bring him to justice," Stefanovic said, replying to reporters' questions at the Palace of Serbia.