Kosovo and Israel formally establish diplomatic relations

A Kosovo police officer in Pristina walks by a screen displaying a virtual signing ceremony address by Israeli foreign minister Gabriel Ashkenazi (Visar Kryeziu/AP)

Kosovo and Israel formally established diplomatic ties in a ceremony held digitally due to the pandemic lockdown.

Kosovo foreign minister Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla and her Israeli counterpart, Gabriel Ashkenazi, held a virtual ceremony to sign the documents in their respective capitals.