The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, said on Sunday that Serbia as a country cannot react to the fact that the International Football Federation (FIFA) has initiated a procedure against the Serbian national team because they are a sports organization, but he has assessed this action as hypocritical, Beta reports in Serbia.

FIFA has launched proceedings against Serbia’s Football Association after a flag showing Kosovo as part of Serbia was hung in the dressing room before Serbia’s World Cup match with Brazil.

Serbia played against Brazil on November 24 and lost 0-2.

A photo of the flag with the message “No surrender” in Serbian went viral on social media when it was shared by Kosovo’s Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Hajrulla Ceku.

Ceku described the image as an action by the representative of Serbia to use the World Cup to promote “messages of hatred, xenophobia and genocide”.

“We expect concrete actions from FIFA considering that the Football Federation of Kosovo (FFK) is a full member of FIFA and UEFA,” he wrote.

On the other hand, the Foreign Minister of Serbia, Dacic, referring to the initiation of disciplinary procedures against the representative of Serbia, said that there is nothing offensive if someone says “There is no surrender”.