Pristina NGO demands Pacolli’s dismissal over racist, sexist remarks
N1 Info 24.12.2018 | BIRN
A Pristina-based NGO is demanding the dismissal of Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli for what its says were sexist and racist remarks about Serbia’s lobbying against Kosovo’s membership in Interpol, the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) said.
The Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms (CDHRF) said that Pacolli claimed in his report to the Kosovo parliament foreign policy committee that Serbia had engaged a number of “well-dressed women” who went to the Interpol meeting in Dubai and “hugged” member state representatives as part of the lobbying. Kosovo was not admitted as a member of Interpol at the latest session of that international body with the Pristina authorities
