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| UK appoints first ambassador to Kosovo |
| 2008-02-21 |
| LONDON - Britain on Wednesday appointed its first ambassador to Kosovo, days after its declaration of independence from Serbia.’Mr David Graeme Blunt CVO has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo,’ the Foreign Office said in a statement. ‘Mr Blunt has been head of the British Office, Pristina, now the British Embassy, Pristina, since January 2006.’ The new ambassador began his civil service career in 1978 in the Ireland department of the Foreign Office and has served overseas in Vienna, Beijing, Canberra, Oslo and Gibraltar. Britain is one of a number of countries to recognise Kosovo, after it declared independence on Sunday. The move has prompted outrage in Serbia and its key ally Russia as well. |
| Posted by:Steve White |