Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić informed Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Wednesday that an ambassador will be posted in Israel within a month, ending a three-year hiatus in the relationship.
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Serbia downgraded the level of representation shortly after the Trump administration brokered an agreement under which Israel recognized Kosovo, which Belgrade refuses to accept as a separate country.
Video: Kosovo opens an embassy in Israel / Credit: The Foreign Ministry
Under that agreement, Kosovo opened an embassy in Jerusalem, and Serbia – which was supposed to do the same under that agreement – has never followed through on it and refused to appoint an ambassador to Israel to protest the Kosovo recognition, creating a diplomatic crisis that now appears to have been resolved.
"After three years of stagnation, these important ties with Serbia are now back on track," Cohen told Israel Hayom."The decision made by Serbia's president on appointing an ambassador to Israel is a sign of a thaw in relations."
He added that "Serbia is an important country in the Balkans; we are going to work together to bolster ties between the countries and promote diplomatic, economic, and technological collaboration between the two nations."
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