Foreign media write about opening Kosovo Embassy in Israel

Reuters news agency has written that Kosovo has opened its embassy Sunday, following the United States and the only countries that have opened the embassy in a city whose status is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

majority Muslim Kosovo promised to deploy its embassy in Jerusalem when it established diplomatic ties with Israel last year under US sponsorship.

The Kosovo Foreign Ministry said on Twitter that with the opening of the embassy, the promised “given at the US Oval Office today has finally been fulfilled”.

Reuters writes that Israel views its new ties with Kosovo as part of its broader normalisation with Arab and Muslim countries under agreements sponsored by former US President Donald Trump.

Wassel Abu Yousef, an executive committee member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, said the opening of the Kosovo Embassy in Jerusalem is contrary to the UN resolution and aims to weaken the Palestinian “issue.

On Thursday, the Czech Republic opened a diplomatic office in Jerusalem, a branch of its embassy in Tel Aviv, a move that drew condemnation from the Palestinians and the Arab League.

Meanwhile, the Associated Press, based on the Kosovo Foreign Ministry's statement, has written that the embassy was opened after establishing diplomatic ties with Israel after the Kosovo-Serbia meeting held at the White House in September.

The AP has written that most of the international community does not recognise Israeli annexation of eastern Jerusalem and says claims to the city should be resolved through negotiations. Most international embassies are in Tel Aviv.

Kosovo becomes the first European and predominantly Muslim country to establish its embassy in Jerusalem, after the US and Guatemala.

According to the AP, Albin Kurti, the leader who has won the election, has found himself in a difficult diplomatic position before taking his post following pressure from Turkey, a close ally of the new Western Balkan country to change its mind about Jerusalem's whereabouts.

Kurti has said the “country where the embassy will be located will be considered after controlling the government's outgoing documentation. ”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Kosovo that deployment of the embassy could harm future relations with his country.

Meanwhile, The Guardian has written that the embassy has opened during a ceremony until Kosovo has placed its flag near the building.

According to the report, Serbia has refused to recognise Kosovo's independence, considering it its province, while Kosovo is recognised by most Western countries, while refusing to recognise by Belgrade's allies has left it outside the United Nations.