A/HRC/30/38 Add.2 and Add.3). The Working Group thanks the Governments of Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia for the invitation as well as for the cooperation extended to it, before and during its visit to the country. It also thanks United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and the Kosovo authorities for the assistance in the context of the visit to Kosovo. 30. At the invitation of the Government of Peru, the Working Group visited the country from 1 to 10 June 2015. The Working Group thanks the Government of Peru for the invitation and the cooperation extended to it. It also thanks the other States that have extended invitations to the Working Group to visit their countries: the Governments of Sri Lanka and Turkey, which invited the Working Group to undertake a visit in 2015; as well as the Governments of Albania, which extended an invitation to the Working Group for 2016, and the Sudan, which extended an invitation in principle. 31. During the reporting period, the Working Group requested visits to Albania, Bahrain, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Rwanda and South Africa. 32. In addition to these new requests, the Working Group has requested in the past a visit to the following countries, without having yet received a positive response: Bangladesh, Belarus, Burundi, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, Nicaragua, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, South Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe. The Working Group invites all States that have received a request for a visit by the Working Group to respond favourably to it, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 21/4.2 33. The Working Group recalls the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran agreed to a visit by the Working Group in 2004, which was delayed at the request of the Government. The Working Group calls upon the Government to set the dates for the visit. Similarly, the Working Group regrets that the visit to Algeria did not materialize, in spite of an invitation extended to visit the country in the second half of 2014. E. Follow-up reports and other procedures 34. The Working Group prepared follow-up reports on the implementation of recommendations made following its visits to Mexico and Timor-Leste. The follow-up reports are contained in an addendum to the present report (A/HRC/30/38/Add.4). F. Press releases and statements 35. On 30 May 2014, the Working Group, jointly with other special procedures, issued a press statement emphasizing that the decision of the Security Council not to refer the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic to the International Criminal Court leaves the door wide open for new atrocities in the ongoing conflict.3 36. On 13 June 2014, the Working Group, jointly with other special procedures, issued a press release in which it urged Thailand authorities to reverse all measures affecting basic rights and to restore democratic rule in the country, and stressed that stability and reconciliation could hardly be achieved in Thailand if human rights guarantees were neglected.4 2 3 4 6 Please see annex I for country visit requests and invitations extended. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14655&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14696&LangID=E.