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{{short description|'''Kosovo: its 2021 recognition by "Israel" and its embassy in Jerusalem'''}}<br />
'''Kosovo''' and "Israel" established diplomatic relations on 1 February 2021 under a US-brokered deal that included a pledge by Kosovo to open an embassy in Jerusalem,<ref name="ReutersKosovo2021">Reuters, [https://www.reuters.com/world/israel-kosovo-establish-diplomatic-relations-virtual-ceremony-2021-02-01/ Israel and Kosovo establish diplomatic relations in virtual ceremony] ''Reuters'', 1 February 2021, accessed 25 October 2026.</ref> which it opened on 14 March 2021.<ref name="APKosovo2021">Associated Press, [https://apnews.com/article/europe-embassies-israel-kosovo-summits-451d3caf98fac4ed37abcd74e6815a8a Kosovo opens embassy to Israel in Jerusalem] ''Associated Press'', 14 March 2021, accessed 25 October 2026.</ref><br />
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==Israeli state and commercial ties==<br />
===Recognition and diplomatic relations===<br />
According to Reuters, relations were established at a virtual ceremony on 1 February 2021 under a US-brokered deal that included Kosovo's pledge to open an embassy in Jerusalem; the Israeli foreign minister, Gabi Ashkenazi, called the ties "historic". Serbia had also agreed to open an embassy in Jerusalem as part of the US-brokered deal of September 2020.<ref name="ReutersKosovo2021" /><br />
===Embassy in Jerusalem===<br />
On 14 March 2021 Kosovo's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora announced that "the Kosovo Embassy in the State of Israel, with headquarters in Jerusalem, officially has been opened".<ref name="APKosovo2021" /><br />
==Political interference==<br />
===UN voting===<br />
Kosovo is not a member of the United Nations and did not vote on the September 2025 General Assembly resolution endorsing the New York Declaration.<ref name="UNNY2025">United Nations General Assembly, [https://www.alquds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Voting-rec-L.1-Rev.1.pdf Recorded vote on A/80/L.1/Rev.1: Endorsement of the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution], 12 September 2025 (copy hosted by ''Al-Quds Al-Arabi'').</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Albania]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Bosnia and Herzegovina]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Bulgaria]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Croatia]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Greece]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Montenegro]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to North Macedonia]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Romania]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Serbia]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Slovenia]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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