LONDON, February 20 (RIA Novosti) - The U.K. has appointed David Blunt as its first ambassador to Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia on Sunday, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday.
"Mr David Graeme Blunt CVO has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo," it said in a statement.
Blunt has been head of the British Office in Pristina, now the British Embassy, since January 2006.
London officially recognized Kosovo's independence on Monday.
The U.S., Australia, and several leading European countries, including France, Italy and Germany have so far recognized Kosovo, while Russia, China and Spain have condemned the move and refused to acknowledge the "world's newest state."
