The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has thanked the Israeli ambassador in Pristina, Tamara Ziv, for Israel’s decision to remove visas for citizens of Kosovo.

The institutions of Kosovo have condemned the recent attacks of the Palestinian group Hamas against Israel. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured since Friday morning in rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip.

Kosovo joins US and Guatemala as only countries with embassies in city whose status is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict