United Nations Headquarters UN, 2 Jan The «persona non grata» status is inapplicable to UN employees, according to a statement by the spokesman for the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarrik. Earlier, the authorities of the self-proclaimed republic of Kosovo declared an employee of the UN mission (UNMIK, UNMIK) from Russia persona non grata for allegedly incompatible with diplomatic status activities. The Russian embassy in Serbia called this decision a provocation “undertaken to curry favor with Western mentors.” “We have learned that the Kosovo authorities have declared an employee of the UN Mission in Kosovo persona non grata. was not reported, «Dujarrick said. He pointed out that» the doctrine of persona non grata is not applicable to UN staff and is not provided for in UNMIK regulation 2000/47 (on the status, privileges and immunity of KFOR and UNMIK and their personnel in Kosovo). «
Putin commented on Russia's position on Kosovo at a meeting with Vucic mission leadership so that UNMIK can resolve this issue in accordance with the status, privileges and immunities of UNMIK and its personnel. «In October, the Kosovo Foreign Ministry declared persona non grata two diplomats at the office of the Russian Embassy in Serbia, who are permanently working in Pristina. The Foreign Ministry then called on UNMIK and the international Kosovo Force to ensure reliable security and the necessary conditions for the full work of Russian personnel in Pristina. In 1999, the armed confrontation between Albanian separatists from the Kosovo Liberation Army and the Serbian army and police led to the from Serbia and Montenegro) by NATO forces. On February 17, 2008, the Kosovo-Albanian structures in Pristina unilaterally declared independence from Serbia. The self-proclaimed republic is not recognized by Serbia, Russia, China, Iran, Spain, Greece and a number of other states. 
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