Kosovo to get international phone code
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PRISTINA - Kosovo said it had reached an agreement with Serbia that will allow it to have its own international telephone dialing code, eights years after declaring independence, in a move that will save millions of euros in payments to foreign countries.
The ITU (International Telecommunication Union) is expected to give Kosovo the country code +383 starting Dec. 15, the government said in a statement on Sunday.
Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008, has been using the codes of Monaco, Serbia and Slovenia.
The country of 1.8 million people is recognized by 112 nations but is not a United Nations member due to objections from Serbia, some European Union states and UN Security Council members Russia and China.
