Kenya–Kosovo relations

Kenyan–Kosovar relations are foreign relations between Kenya and Kosovo.[a] Formal diplomatic relations between two states have not been officially established as Kenya has not recognize Kosovo as a sovereign state.

Kenyan–Kosovar relations
Map indicating locations of Kenya and Kosovo

Kenya
Kosovo

History

At a meeting on 30 July 2008 between Kenyan and Serbian Foreign Ministers, Moses Wetangula and Vuk Jeremić, Wetangula reportedly spoke of Kenya's principled position regarding Kosovo and the territorial integrity of Serbia.[1]

Following a September 2010 meeting with Kenyan politicians, Albanian prime minister Sali Berisha said that Kenya had promised to decide positively regarding recognition of Kosovo.[2]

In October 2012, Kosovar sources reported that Kenyan Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga, stated that Kenya was seriously considering recognising Kosovo, and that a decision would be announced shortly.[3]

In March 2023, following a trip by former President of Kosovo Behgjet Pacolli to Kenya, Pacolli shared an official document from Kenyan President William Ruto in which Ruto states that Kenya wishes to formalise cooperation with Kosovo and that Kenya recognises passports issued by Kosovo as valid travel documents.[4][5]

See also

Notes
a.   ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as a sovereign state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own territory.

References
  1. Вести амбасаде Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Embassy of the Republic of Serbia – Nairobi, Kenya, 30 July 2008 (in Serbian)
  2. Bangladeshi e Kenia pro pavarësisë së Kosovës, Gazeta Express, 21 September 2010 (in Albanian) Archived 19 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Deputy Prime Minister Behgjet Pacolli meets Prime Minister of Kenya, Mr. Raila Odinga Archived 3 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, 10 October 2012
  4. "Pacolli: Kenya recognizes Kosovo's passports".
  5. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=752977542857806&set=pcb.752977582857802
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