Czech Republic opens embassy in Kosovo

The Czech Republic has opened an embassy in Kosovo, becoming the seventh state to do so. On Wednesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Tomáš Pojar attended the opening, saying that the embassy’s establishment showed how seriously the Czech Republic took its commitment to Kosovo. The head of the Czech Embassy in Pristina will be Jana Hřebíčková, who has been in the former Serbian province for several months already. The Czech Republic formally recognised Kosovo’s independence in May this year. At the end of May, Belgrade recalled its ambassador from the Czech Republic in protest against the move.