France–Kosovo relations

French–Kosovan

France	Kosovo
Diplomatic mission
French Embassy, Pristina	Embassy of Kosovo, Paris
Envoy
Ambassador Marie-Christine Butel	Ambassador Qëndrim Gashi

France–Kosovo relations are the

. The two countries enjoy very good and friendly relations.

Political relations

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For many years, France has played an important role in finding a solution to the issue of Kosovo's status. Accordingly,

From a political standpoint, as a member of the Contact Group, France has played a key role in the negotiations on Kosovo's status and, within the European Union, to reach a consensus on the deployment of the EULEX mission. Mr. Bernard Kouchner has been very involved in the search for an agreement, relaying the actions of the French President, who had proposed during the G8 summit in July 2008 designating the troika tasked with restarting a final phase of negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina in August 2007. In particular, the minister went to the two parties in July 2007, before receiving his Serbian counterpart and the Kosovan negotiation team (President, Prime Minister and heads of the main parties) in Paris in November, to encourage them to compromise.

France recognised Kosovo's independence on 18 February.

France intends to pursue its actions promoting stability in the

Military

France participated in the

See also

• Foreign relations of France
• Foreign relations of Kosovo
• France–Serbia relations
• France–Yugoslavia relations

References

External links

• French Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Kosovo Archived 2008-04-14 at the Wayback Machine