SKOPJE (AFP) - Macedonian authorities said Friday they have pressed child pornography charges against a diplomat, which local media identify as a senior member of the OSCE mission in Skopje.

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According to the authorities police seized from the man computers and iPods "containing 150 gigabytes of pornographic videos and pictures featuring children."

Macedonian prosecutors have filed charges for "possession of pornographic material involving children" against a 38-year-old man, K.I., who holds a diplomatic passport, said interior ministry spokesman Ivo Kotevski.

Local media reported the suspect is a Norwegian who was an advisor to the chief of the mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the Macedonian capital.

The OSCE mission in Skopje issued a press statement Friday to say it takes the charges "extremely seriously" and "will continue to work closely with the authorities" in the case.

Kotevski said Macedonia is now cooperating with the international police organisation Interpol to find s suspect who left the country on May 16.

They are also investigating if there is an international network exchanging child pornography operating in Macedonia.