UK Urged to Back Kosovo as Berlin Process Summit Nears

Campaigners say Serbia poses rising threat; London faces calls to harden stance as regional tensions persist.

A coalition of Kosovo advocates is urging the British government to take a harder line against Serbia and offer “strong and visible” support to Pristina when London hosts the Berlin Process leaders’ summit later this month¹, warning that a series of violent incidents and an accelerating Serbian military build-up have left the region on edge.

In a petition circulated by the Future for Kosovo Initiative (UK)², the group calls on Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government to publicly condemn Serbia’s “increasing authoritarianism” and “aggressive foreign policy,” demand prosecutions over a deadly armed clash in northern Kosovo in 2023, and condition Belgrade’s progress in Euro-Atlantic institutions.

The petition, seen by The Gunpowder Chronicles, also urges Britain to deepen military and economic ties with Kosovo by increasing the U.K. troop presence in the NATO-led KFOR mission, expanding joint exercises, and funding new educational and business exchange programs.

The campaign comes ahead of th…