The U.S., Great Britain and France are hindering Serbia's request for the investigation into human organ trafficking in Kosovo-Metohija to be conducted under the UN mandate, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic has stated.

"Our request for the investigators to work with a mandate on the case of organ trafficking in Kosovo and Albania, and submit their reports to the UN Security Council, has unfortunately been hindered by those who have the institutional capacity to do that," Jeremic stated in an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Blic, adding that those powers include the U.S., Great Britain and France.

When asked about whether this ruins the last chance to carry out an independent investigation under the mandate of the UN Security Council, Jeremic said that talks are being continued.

"I would like to believe that, in the weeks to come, we will manage to overcome the obstacle and achieve progress. If that does not happen, it will be extremely difficult to resist the impression that there is something in the case of human organ trafficking in Kosovo that, for some reason, should by no means see the light of day."