The British Embassy in
Pristina
Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...
( sq, Ambasada Britanike në Kosovë, sr, Британска амбасада у Косову) is the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
's
diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually deno ...
to
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
. It is located at 177 Lidhja e Pejës,
Pristina
Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...
,
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
. The embassy also represents the
British Overseas Territories
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remna ...
in Kosovo.
History
The United Kingdom formally recognised the independence of the Republic of Kosovo on 18 February 2008 and established an embassy in Pristina on 5 March 2008.
Ambassadors
*2008:
David Blunt
*2008–2010:
Andrew Sparkes
Andrew Sparkes Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (born 4 July 1959) is a former British diplomat who was ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kosovo and Nepal.
Career
Andrew James Sparkes was educated at King Ed ...
*2011–2015:
Ian Cliff
Ian Cameron Cliff (born 11 September 1952) is a British diplomat who has been Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Sudan, the OSCE and Kosovo, as well as Chargé d'Affaires in Croatia.
Career
Ian Cliff is the son of Gerald Shaw Cliff, w ...
*2015–2019:
Ruairí O'Connell
*2019-:
Nicholas Abbott
See also
*
Embassy of Kosovo, London
*
Kosovo–United Kingdom relations
Kosovo–United Kingdom relations are foreign relations between the Republic of Kosovo and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. When Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008, the United Kingdom becam ...
References
External links
Embassy of the United Kingdom, Pristina official websiteEmbassy of the United Kingdom, Pristina on FacebookEmbassy of the United Kingdom, Pristina on Twitter
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Buildings and structures in Pristina
Kosovo–United Kingdom relations
Pristina
Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...