Kosovo appoints first diplomatic envoys, including Turkey

Kosovo will be represented in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States by charges d’affaires who will later become ambassadors, said Sejdiu.

"All these countries have expressed readiness to development diplomatic relations (with Kosovo) at the embassy level and it was a big encouragement for us," he said.

Some capitals including Berlin, London and Washington have already named their first ambassadors to Kosovo, and other countries among the 46 that have recognized its independence are to follow soon.

Ethnic Albanian-majority Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February, a move that Belgrade and its ally Russia reject as illegal. Almost half of the countries that have recognized it are from the European Union.