On December 19, 2025, The Bahamas granted Kosovo formal recognition as a state that is both independent and sovereign, and the two nations began diplomatic ties the same day.
The two leaders, Prime Minister Philip Davis and Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani Sadriu, put their names to the Joint Communiqué at the Prime Minister’s office in Nassau, and it took effect the moment it was signed.
Davis stressed how meaningful it was that President Osmani made the trip to The Bahamas to formalise the recognition herself, and he described the occasion as “the beginning of a relationship that we seek to strengthen.”
“There are many aspects of cooperation that we would be pursuing, particularly in a world where there are so many geopolitical challenges that impact us all,” Davis said.
The two governments said the new ties rested on international law and the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961. Each side also pledged support for the purposes and principles set out in the United Nations Charter, such as respect for each state’s sovereignty, equal standing among states, and resolving disagreements through peaceful means.
Kosovo, after decades of ethnic strain and fighting in the Balkans, broke from Serbia with a unilateral declaration of independence on February 17, 2008.
Sources
- The Bahamas recognises Kosovo as independent state | Kosovo Politics News | SeeNews
- Bahamas Recognizes Kosovo, Marking a New Phase in the Country’s International Consolidation – Prishtina – Kosovo Dispatch – Decoding Kosovo's Signals
