The phrase "although I welcome" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a contrasting idea or to express a welcoming sentiment while acknowledging a different perspective or concern.
Example: "Although I welcome the new changes, I have some reservations about their implementation."
Alternatives: "While I appreciate" or "Even though I embrace".
The mainstream publishing industry is publishing fewer literary fiction titles each year (although I welcome the news of the Lifted Brow moving into novel publishing) and fewer of our stories and amazing young writers are getting breaks in the mainstream.
But, although I welcome this bio-show about Phyllis Pearsall, who doggedly mapped the labyrinthine streets of London, I feel it's a bit too early to crack open the champagne.
Although I welcome Ravitch's change of mind about the impact of choice, high-stakes testing and data-driven decision-making on public education, there is little in her book that anyone who has kept up with the critical literature on education policy would find new or surprising.
Sadiq Khan, the shadow justice secretary, said: "Although I welcome reports the Tory-led government is about to abandon parts of its half-baked plans for criminal legal aid, I fear mark two will still deny access to justice to millions whilst reducing our justice system to a two-tier one with only the wealthy being able to secure a fair trial.
Although I welcome this book, its appearance also causes me some anguish.
She treated suitors for her hand as she later, laughingly, claimed to treat her publishers: "Although I reject their proposals, I welcome their advances".
I welcome both these developments – although not as much as I welcome David Cameron weighing in on the other side of the argument by backing the right to chant: from a campaigning point of view, that's a dream come true.
I look forward to being able to read my Kindle books anywhere, including my iPhone, although I don't welcome the readers becoming obsolete.
Although I would certainly welcome an extra quarter of a million dollars, that amount would be extraordinarily excessive for the type of research I do.
Although I was still welcomed as an openly gay foreigner, I wanted to really understand at first-hand what difference the legislation had made to Russian LGBT in their own country.
Mr Williams, 85, said: "Keeping the door open at Yr Ysgwrn is a way of keeping the memory of my uncle alive and although I have always welcomed visitors here I was uncertain whether this could be maintained in the future".
