Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo in the United States
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The Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo in the United States is the main Kosovo diplomatic mission
to the United States of America. The Embassy is located at 1101 30th Street NW, Suite 330/340, Washington, D.C.
Kosovo opened its embassy in Washington, DC in October 2008. The first and current ambassador of Kosovo to the United States is Avni Spahiu
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The Embassy represents the Republic of Kosovo
in the United States of America. The mission is to promote political, economic and cultural relations with the United States, as well as to contribute to further strengthening of the U.S. and Kosovo relations.
Ambassador Avni Spahiu is the highest ranking representative of Kosovo to the U.S. government.
The Embassy is supported by a Consulate General in New York located at 801 Second Avenue, Suite 405 New York.
Diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation in the receiving state...
to the United States of America. The Embassy is located at 1101 30th Street NW, Suite 330/340, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Kosovo opened its embassy in Washington, DC in October 2008. The first and current ambassador of Kosovo to the United States is Avni Spahiu
Avni Spahiu
Avni Spahiu was born on 12 March 1953 in the town of Mitrovica, Kosovo. He worked as a journalist, human rights activist and was the head of Radio Television of Kosovo. Currently he is the ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to the United States...
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The Embassy represents the Republic of Kosovo
Republic of Kosovo
Kosovo , officially the Republic of Kosovo is a partially recognised state and a disputed territory in the Balkans...
in the United States of America. The mission is to promote political, economic and cultural relations with the United States, as well as to contribute to further strengthening of the U.S. and Kosovo relations.
Ambassador Avni Spahiu is the highest ranking representative of Kosovo to the U.S. government.
The Embassy is supported by a Consulate General in New York located at 801 Second Avenue, Suite 405 New York.
See also
- List of diplomatic missions of Kosovo
- Foreign relations of KosovoForeign relations of KosovoOn 17 February 2008, the Assembly of Kosovo, a body of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government under the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo , declared independence from Serbia. This move was controversial among the international community...
- Kosovo – United States relations
- List of diplomatic missions in the United States
- List of diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.