Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Council of Europe on the vote of 24 April 2023 on Kosovo’s membership application.

The Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Western Balkans, Lord Peach, discussed the 24 April vote with Kosovo President Osmani on 5 May. The UK welcomes the decision by the Council of Europe's (CoE) Committee of Ministers to pass Kosovo's application to the CoE Parliamentary Assembly (PACE). This next step in the process will allow due consideration of the application in accordance with standard Council of Europe membership procedures.