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1697123

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date	19/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Kosovo: Recognition of States
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to encourage European Union nations to recognise Kosovo as an independent sovereign state.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	19324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>We welcome the fact that the vast majority of EU members states recognise Kosovo's statehood. In line with our longstanding support for Kosovo's international integration as a sovereign independent state, the UK continues to use suitable opportunities to reinforce the case for recognition with the five remaining EU members states which have yet to recognise Kosovo's statehood.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 25/03/2024 16:41:43 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1697124

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Kosovo: Council of Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make it his policy to support Kosovo becoming a member of the Council of Europe.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	19325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK supports Kosovo's current application to join the Council of Europe. Membership of the Council of Europe would bring practical benefits and protections for all Kosovo citizens, including minority communities. The Foreign Secretary made our support clear during his visit to Kosovo in January this year.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 25/03/2024 16:41:19 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1697126

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Kosovo: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will publish a summary of the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs' recent visit to Kosovo.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	19326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary reflected on his recent visit to Kosovo at the Foreign Affairs Committee session on 9 January (https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/44138eb7-41b6-47eb-9c61-e9ac76acc233), sharing his views on the severity of the attack in Banjska in September 2023 and the need for the West to ensure its approach to the Western Balkans fully accounts for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Government issued a press release in advance of his visit (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-to-visit-kosovo-to-underline-uk-support), and the Foreign Secretary himself gave an overview of his meeting with UK troops deployed to Kosovo as part of NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR) during the visit (https://twitter.com/FCDOGovUK/status/1742992750079770754?s=20).</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 25/03/2024 16:40:26 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord