Posted on 03/02/21
| News Source: i24
Ex-Prime Minister Albin Kurti won recent snap elections that could also affect Serbia ties
Recently re-elected Kosovan ex-Prime Minister Albin Kurti, met with Turkey's ambassador in the capital Pristina on Monday, discussing numerous topics including the decision to open an embassy in Jerusalem.
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On February 1, Kosovo established diplomatic ties with Israel and decided to open an embassy in Jerusalem - becoming the first European country and Muslim-majority one to make such plans. It followed the US and Guatemala in doing so.
The intention to open a Jerusalem embassy put the partially-recognized state, which was only formed in 2008, at odds with powerful opponents to the plan, including Turkey and the European Union.
The EU, which Kosovo would at some stage like to join, said that members of its 27-nation supranational bloc do not recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and locate their embassies in Tel Aviv instead, implying that failure to do so would likely jeopardize its potential accession. Read more at i24