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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}The foreign relations of [[Albania]] are its relations with other governments and peoples. Foreign relations are conducted through the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Albania)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] in [[Tirana]]. The current minister is [[Igli Hasani]] . The current ambassador to the United Nations is [[Ferit Hoxha]].

Albania is a sovereign country in [[Southern Europe]] and the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] that declared its independence on 28 November 1912. Its foreign policy has maintained a policy of complementerianism by trying to have friendly relations with all countries. Since the [[Fall of communism in Albania|collapse of Communism]] in 1990, Albania has extended its responsibilities and position in European and international affairs, supporting and establishing friendly relations with other nations around the world. 
 
The main factors defining Albanian foreign policy consist of geopolitical location, population, economic crisis, and ties with [[Albanian diaspora]] throughout the world. It also maintains strong diplomatic relations with the [[European Union|EU]] (primarily Croatia, France, Germany, Italy) [[Balkans|Balkan]] countries (primarily Kosovo, Greece and North Macedonia), [[Arab world]], Canada, China, Turkey, Israel, India, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, UK and the United States.

The main objectives of the Albanian foreign policy are the [[accession of Albania to the European Union]], the [[international recognition of Kosovo]], the recognition of [[expulsion of Cham Albanians]],<ref name=":1">[http://www.mfa.gov.al/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8390 Konferencë për shtyp e Ministrit të Punëve të Jashtme z. Panariti lidhur me vizitën e fundit në Greqi], Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania, 2012-10-06 (in Albanian)</ref> helping and protecting the rights of [[Albanians]] in [[Albanians in Montenegro|Montenegro]], [[Albanians in North Macedonia|North Macedonia]], [[Albanian communities in Greece|Greece]], [[Albanians in Serbia|Serbia]], [[Arbëreshë people|Italy]], and the [[Albanian diaspora]].

Albania was voted to become a member of the 15-country [[United Nations Security Council]] for a two-year term, 2022–23.

== Overview ==

The [[Council of Ministers (Albania)|government of Albania]] was concerned with the developments in neighboring [[Kosovo]], particularly in the post-[[Dayton Agreement|Dayton agreement]] period. During the [[Kosovo War]] in 1999 as well as the [[ethnic cleansing]] of [[Kosovo Albanians]] by Serbs alongside the subsequent refugee influx into the country, Albania's status as an ally of the [[United States]] was confirmed.<ref name="BogdaniLoughlin191"/> Albania emerged as being generally supportive of the United States.<ref name="BogdaniLoughlin191"/> The support for the United States has remained high at 95% in Muslim majority (56% of the population) Albania in contrast to the rest of the Islamic world.<ref name="BogdaniLoughlin191">{{cite book|last1=Bogdani|first1=Mirela|last2=Loughlin|first2=John|title=Albania and the European Union: the tumultuous journey towards integration and accession|year=2007|location=London|publisher=IB Tauris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32Wu8H7t8MwC&q=Enver+Hoxha+Islam+Albania&pg=PA81|isbn=9781845113087|pages=191}}</ref>

== Balkans/Albania ==

=== Turkey ===
During the post-cold war, geo-political complexities and conflicts in the [[Balkans]], made Albania seek a protector power with [[Turkey]], which is a NATO member.<ref name="Xhudo5053"/> During the 1990s, state relations between Albania and Turkey were marked by high level visits, military agreements and the deployment of Turkish soldiers.<ref name="Uzgel5456"/><ref name="Xhudo5053"/><ref name="Sayari178179"/> An Albanian-Turkish military cooperation agreement was signed on 29 July 1992.<ref name="Uzgel5456"/><ref name="Xhudo5053"/> The military agreement entailed education and training of personnel, bilateral cooperation in weapons production, joint military exercises, the exchange of military delegations and joint commissions on expanding further military ties into the future.<ref name="Xhudo5053"/> The agreement also encompassed rebuilding Albania's [[Pasha Liman Base]] in the [[Bay of Vlorë]] on the [[Ionian Sea]] by Turkey, in return for granting Turkey's access and use.<ref name="LarrabeeLesser94"/><ref name="Sayari178179"/> Turkey has trained the [[Albanian Armed Forces]], in particular officers and commando units.<ref name="Uzgel5456"/><ref name="LarrabeeLesser94">{{cite book|last1=Larrabee|first1=F. Stephen|last2=Lesser|first2=Ian O.|title=Turkish foreign policy in an age of uncertainty|year=2003|location=Santa Monica|publisher=Rand Corporation|url=https://archive.org/details/turkishforeignpo00larr|url-access=registration|quote=albania.|isbn=9780833034045|pages=[https://archive.org/details/turkishforeignpo00larr/page/94 94]}}</ref><ref name="Sayari178179">{{cite journal|last=Sayari|first=Sabri|title=Turkish Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: The Challenges of Multi-Regionalism|jstor=24357694|journal=Journal of International Affairs|volume=54|issue=1|year=2000|pages=178–179}}</ref> During [[1997 Albanian civil unrest|civil war]] in 1997, Turkey alongside other countries, participated in [[Operation Alba]] by providing a brigade of 800 Turkish troops to restore order and its involvement served mainly as a stabilising force.<ref name="Uzgel5456"/><ref name="SoleriLecha41">{{cite book|last=Soler i Lecha|first=Eduard|chapter=Turkey's potential (and controversial) contribution to the Global 'Actorness' of the EU|editor1-last=Güney|editor1-first=Nurşin Ateşoğlu|title=Contentious issues of security and the future of Turkey|year=2013|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|isbn=9781409498070|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lMqy5_74sFsC&q=Albania+turkey+ties&pg=PA41|pages=41}}</ref>

Turkey considers its friendship with Albania as important due to the context of state relations with Greece and through policy have exploited difficulties arising in Albanian-Greek relations.<ref name="AgirArman149150">{{cite book|last1=Ağir|first1=Bülent Sarper|last2=Arman|first2=Murat Necip|chapter=Turkish foreign policy towards the Western Balkans in the Post War Era: Political and Security Dimensions|editor1-last=Demir|editor1-first=Sertif|title=Turkey's Foreign Policy and Security Perspectives in the 21st Century|year=2016|publisher=Brown Walker Press|isbn=9781627345866|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sF-8DAAAQBAJ&q=Albania+close&pg=PA150|pages=149–150}}</ref><ref name="Constantinides329">
{{cite journal|last=Constantinides|first=Stephanos|title=Turkey the emergence of a new foreign policy the neo-Ottoman imperial model|url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/dc83a72faca154d8ee9db292ff04f9d5/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1816656|journal=Journal of Political and Military Sociology|volume=24|issue=2|year=1996|pages=329}} "The Turkish policy exploited the difficulties between Albania and Greece but also the fact that Islam is the main religion of the country. Furthermore, close relations with Albania were encouraged by the Americans and Europeans considering the Turkish presence in the area as a factor of stability."</ref> Having a powerful ally in Turkey has suited Albania at times regarding difficult interstate relations with Greece.<ref name="Deliso38">{{cite book|last=Deliso|first=Christopher|title=The Coming Balkan Caliphate: The Threat of Radical Islam to Europe and the West|year=2007|location=Westport|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-7dq8mi0DWkC&pg=PA38|isbn=9780275995256|pages=38}}</ref> Albania's emergence in the Balkans as a key NATO partner contributed to good and stronger Albanian-Turkish relations, in particular relating to military matters.<ref name="Karaosmanoglu192">{{cite book|last=Karaosmanoğlu|first=Ali|chapter=Turkey Southeastern Europe and Russia|editor1-last=Blitz|editor1-first=Brad K.|title=War and change in the Balkans: nationalism, conflict and cooperation|year=2006|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521677738|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mvjm82mAKfkC&q=Albania+Turkey+cold+war+relations&pg=PA192|pages=192}}</ref> The military alliance during the 1990s between Turkey and Albania was also aimed against Serbia in case a war over Kosovo had a wider regional spread.<ref name="Vickersxvi">{{cite book|last=Vickers|first=Miranda|title=Between Serb and Albanian: a History of Kosovo|year=1998|location=New York|publisher=Hurst and Company|isbn=9780231113823|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S41pAAAAMAAJ&q=relinquish|pages=xvi}}. "But the essential factor is that Kosovo borders on the Republic of Albania which is militarily allied with Turkey against Serbia, and the mountains separating the Kosovo plain from Albania and from Macedonia are the only natural protection in case of conflict with these countries."</ref> Greece has expressed concerns regarding Turkish relations with Albania and interpreted them as an anti-Greek measure to isolate Greece within the wider context of Albania being a potential outlet for expanding Muslim influence and Turkey allying with Muslim populations in the Balkans.<ref name="Xhudo5053">{{cite book|last=Xhudo|first=Gazmen|title=Diplomacy and crisis management in the Balkans: A US foreign policy perspective|year=1996|location=London|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=saO-DAAAQBAJ&q=Albania+turkey+ties&pg=PA50|isbn=9781349249473|pages=50–53}}</ref><ref name="SonmezoglouGulden38">{{cite book|last1=Sönmezoğlou|first1=Faruk|last2=Gülden|first2=Ayman|chapter=The roots of conflict and the dynamics of change in Turkish-Greek relations|editor1-last=Kollias|editor1-first=Chrēstos G.|editor2-last=Günlük-Şenesen|editor2-first=Gülay|editor3-last=Ayman|editor3-first=Gülden|title=Greece and Turkey in the 21st Century: Conflict Or Cooperation, a Political Economy Perspective|year=2003|location=New York|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=9781590337530|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_e4CT57tZYC&q=Albania+turkey+ties&pg=PA38|pages=38}}</ref><ref name="Hodge229">{{cite book|last=Hodge|first=Carole|chapter=Albania, Italy and Greece: Some geopolitical considerations|editor1-last=Blitz|editor1-first=Brad K.|title=War and change in the Balkans: nationalism, conflict and cooperation|year=2006|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521677738|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mvjm82mAKfkC&q=Albania+Turkey+cold+war+relations&pg=PA192|pages=229}}</ref> Turkey on the other hand claimed Greece increased tensions within the region and conveyed concerns relating to Albanian and Greek polemics with Ankara expressing a partial bias on Albania's side angering the Greeks.<ref name="Xhudo132133"/> Greece, aware of Albanian-Turkish military agreements denounced Turkey's interference in Greek affairs.<ref name="Xhudo132133">{{harvnb|Xhudo|1995|pp=132–133}}. "Turkish links with Albania... Greece felt that Turkey was allying itself with the area's Muslims (perhaps with aims to revive the heyday of the Ottomans) and seeking to isolate Greece. Turkey denied those charges and claimed that Greece was exacerbating tensions in the Balkans. Given its historic ties to Albania, coupled with the positive relations established between Turkey and Albania, Ankara has begun to express concern over the polemics between Greece and Albania. Turkey has voiced such concern with slight bias on Albania's behalf much to the anger of the Greeks. Greece, aware of military treaties between Turkey and Albania naturally denounced Turkey's meddling in Greek affairs souring regional relations further."</ref> Though not officially considered in Turkey as a rival within Albania, during the unrest of 1997 Greece was able to become an influential actor in Albania and the early period of the Kosovo crisis (1998-1999) when Albanian officials looked to Greece for assistance.<ref name="Ekinci193195">{{harvnb|Ekinci|2013|pp=193, 195–196}}.</ref> The resumption of closer Albanian-Turkish relations ensured during the Kosovo crisis that made both countries act along the same policy lines toward [[Slobodan Milošević]] and the issue of [[Greater Serbia]].<ref name="Ekinci196">{{harvnb|Ekinci|2013|p=196}}.</ref>

Turkey supported Albania's membership to become part of [[NATO]].<ref name="Uzgel5456"/> Military cooperation between Albania and Turkey is viewed by NATO as a stabilising factor within the volatile region of the Balkans.<ref name="Ekinci193">{{harvnb|Ekinci|2013|p=193}}.</ref> Albania has come to depend heavily on Turkish assistance and a high amount of military security.<ref name="Xhudo5053"/> Turkey remains for Albania an important military ally alongside the U.S.<ref name="LaniSchmidt90"/> Through its military personnel Turkey continues to train Albanian armed forces and also to provide assistance in logistics and modernisation efforts of the Albanian military.<ref name="Bishku95969798">{{harvnb|Bishku|2013|pp=95–96}}.</ref><ref name="Ekinci196201">{{harvnb|Ekinci|2013|pp=196, 201}}.</ref> Radar systems for the surveillance of Albanian airspace in addition to telecommunication equipment have been supplied by Turkey to Albania.<ref name="Ekinci201">{{harvnb|Ekinci|2013|p=201}}.</ref> Albania receives Turkish assistance for police training.<ref name="Ekinci196"/> Turkey has continuously supported Albania from the 1990s on EU related matters as both countries view EU membership as an eventual final goal and common objective.<ref name="Ekinci191">{{harvnb|Ekinci|2013|p=191}}.</ref> State relations of Albania with Turkey are friendly and close, due to maintenance of close links with the Albanian diaspora in Turkey and strong Turkish sociopolitical, cultural, economic and military ties with Albania.<ref name="Return5911">{{cite report|title=Return to Instability: How migration and great power politics threaten the Western Balkans|url=http://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/ECFR_163_RETURN_TO_INSTABILITY.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/ECFR_163_RETURN_TO_INSTABILITY.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|publisher=European Council on Foreign Relations|date=2015|pages=5, 9–11|ref=Return to Instability}}</ref><ref name="SchmidtNeke15">{{cite book|last=Schmidt-Neke|first=Michael|chapter=A burden of Legacies: The transformation of Albanian's political system|editor1-last=Pichler|editor1-first=Robert|title=Legacy and Change: Albanian Transformation from Multidisciplinary Perspectives|year=2014|location=Münster|publisher=LIT Verlag|isbn=9783643905666|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNqnBAAAQBAJ&q=xhaxhi&pg=PA15|pages=15}}</ref><ref name="Zamanheritage">{{cite web | url=http://www.todayszaman.com/national_albanians-in-turkey-celebrate-their-cultural-heritage_254383.html | title=Albanians in Turkey celebrate their cultural heritage | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031102644/http://www.todayszaman.com/national_albanians-in-turkey-celebrate-their-cultural-heritage_254383.html | archive-date=31 October 2015 | work=Today's Zaman | date=21 August 2011 | access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=Tabak>{{cite web | last=Tabak | first=Hüsrev | date=3 March 2013 | url=http://www.todayszaman.com/op-ed_albanian-awakening-the-worm-has-turnedby-husrev-tabak-_308705.html | title=Albanian awakening: The worm has turned! | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717210057/http://www.todayszaman.com/op-ed_albanian-awakening-the-worm-has-turnedby-husrev-tabak-_308705.html | archive-date=17 July 2015 | work=Today's Zaman | access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="PetrovicReljicA"/><ref name=":2">"[http://www.kohajone.com/index.php/english/genci-mucaj-albania-enjoys-magnificent-relations-with-turkey Genci Muçaj: Albania enjoys magnificent relations with Turkey] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150903030421/http://www.kohajone.com/index.php/english/genci-mucaj-albania-enjoys-magnificent-relations-with-turkey |date=3 September 2015 }}". ''Koha Jonë''. 14 Mars 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.</ref><ref name="Uzgel5456"/> Turkey has been supportive of Albanian geopolitical interests within the Balkans.<ref name="PetrovicReljicA">{{harvnb|Petrović|Reljić|2011|pp=162, 166, 169}}.</ref><ref name="Uzgel5456">{{cite book |last=Uzgel |first=Ilhan |chapter= The Balkans: Turkey's Stabilizing role |editor1-last= Rubin |editor1-first= Barry |editor2-last= Kirişci |editor2-first= Kemal |title= Turkey in world politics: An emerging multiregional power |year=2001 |location= London |publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |isbn= 978-1555879549 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=M01_djppi18C&q=Albania+NATO+Turkey+membership&pg=PA55 |pages= 54–56 }}</ref><ref name="Bishku9799">{{harvnb|Bishku|2013|pp=97–99}}.</ref> In [[Gallup (company)|Gallup polls]] conducted in recent times Turkey is viewed as a ''friendly country'' by 73% of people in Albania.<ref name="PetrovicReljicB">{{harvnb|Petrović|Reljić|2011|p=170}}.</ref> Albania has established political and economic ties with Arab countries, in particular with [[Arab states of the Persian Gulf|Arab Persian Gulf]] states who have heavily invested in religious, transport and other infrastructure alongside other facets of the economy in addition to the somewhat limited societal links they share.<ref name="Bishku99101">{{harvnb|Bishku|2013|pp=99–101}}.</ref> Albania is also working to develop social-political and economic ties with [[Israel]].<ref name="Bishku">{{harvnb|Bishku|2013|pp=101–103}}.</ref>

=== Greece ===
After the fall of the Albanian [[communist]] regime in 1991, relations between [[Greece]] and Albania became increasingly strained because of widespread allegations of mistreatment by Albanian authorities of the Greek ethnic minority in southern Albania and of mistreatment the Albanian communities in northern Greece. A wave of Albanian illegal economic migrants to Greece exacerbated tensions. The crisis in Greek–Albanian relations reached its peak in late August 1994, when an Albanian court sentenced five members (a sixth member was added later) of the ethnic Greek political party ''Omonia'' to prison terms on charges of undermining the Albanian state. Greece responded by freezing all [[European Union|EU]] aid to Albania, and sealing its border with Albania. In December 1994, however, Greece began to permit limited EU aid to Albania, while Albania released two of the ''Omonia'' defendants and reduced the sentences of the remaining four. {{Citation needed|date=July 2015}}

There are still other impending issues in the relations between the two countries, regarding many Albanian workers in Greece who have not received legal papers despite promises by the Greek government. In 1996, the two countries signed a Treaty of Peace and Friendship and discussed the issues of the status of Albanian refugees in Greece and education in the [[First language|mother tongue]] for the ethnic Greek minority in southern Albania. In the 1990s, Greece preferred and assisted [[Fatos Nano]] as Albanian leader due to him being Orthodox over [[Sali Berisha]] a Muslim, as Nano was seen as being friendlier to Greek interests.<ref name="Konidaris80">{{cite book|last=Konidaris|first=Gerasimos|chapter=Examining policy responses to immigration in the light of interstate relations and foreign policy objectives: Greece and Albania|editor1-last=King|editor1-first=Russell|editor2-last=Schwandner-Sievers|editor2-first=Stephanie |title=The new Albanian migration|year=2005|location=Brighton|publisher=Sussex Academic|isbn=9781903900789|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05Mw4-b9oN0C}} pp. 80–81. "Greece's favorite candidate in these elections was clearly MR. Nano. As emerges from the interview material, he –unlike Berisha- was held in high esteem by the Greek side. It should not escape notice that Nano was by origin Orthodox Christian from Southern Albania, whereas Berisha was a northern Muslim... Greece's favour towards Nano was clearly demonstrated in June, when he was allowed to speak to a crowd of Albanian citizens at a pre-election rally in one of Athens' central squares. The police did not interfere and no arrests of illegal immigrants were made."</ref> The government of Fatos Nano was viewed by Turkey as having a pro-Greek orientation and expressed some dissatisfaction though during that time still maintained close military relations with Albania in rebuilding its armed forces and a military base.<ref name="LaniSchmidt90">{{cite journal|last1=Lani|first1=Remzi|last2=Schmidt|first2=Fabian|title=Albanian foreign policy between geography and history|journal=The International Spectator|volume=33|issue=2|pages=79|year=1998|doi=10.1080/03932729808456809}} p. 90. "In a broader Balkan context, Turkey has always seen the Albanians as its natural allies in the Balkans. If the Greeks and Serbs have stood on one side of the scale, the Turks and the Albanians have stood on the other. Although some kind of dissatisfaction with Nano's government is felt in Ankara over what is seen in the Turkish capital as Tirana's pro-Greek orientation, Turkey continues to have close military ties with Tirana; indeed, it is playing an important role in the re-organization of the disintegrated Albanian army. Albania's most important military base, which was destroyed during the armed uprising last year, will be rebuilt by Turkey."</ref>

Today, as result of very frequent high-level contacts between the governments and the parliaments, relations between the two countries are regarded as excellent. Greece is a staunch supporter of the Euro-Atlantic integration of the Republic of Albania. Since Albania's NATO entry in May 2009, Albanian-Greek relations have been developing on all fronts, and especially after the election victory of [[Edi Rama]] in 2013,<ref name="Maria Papathanasiou">{{cite web|url=http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/11/04/karolos-papoulias-visits-albania/|title=Karolos Papoulias visits Albania - GreekReporter.com|author=Maria Papathanasiou|date=4 November 2013|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> with the Albanian Chief of Foreign Policy, Ralf Gjoni, describing the diplomatic relations between two countries as "excellent". Greece today is Albania's most important European Union ally and NATO partner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.albeu.com/news/news/greece-support-eu-candidate-status-for-albania/150425/|title=Albeu.com - Greece supports EU candidate status for Albania|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-date=23 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623190049/http://english.albeu.com/news/news/greece-support-eu-candidate-status-for-albania/150425/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the Albanian government's request, about 250 Greek military personnel are stationed in Albania to assist with the training and restructuring of the Albanian Armed Forces, as part of the NATO programme. Big projects currently in running between the two countries include the touristic development of the Ionian coastline shared between the two countries, and the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which helped boosting the relations of the two countries even further.

Albania's ties with Greece are also based on cultural and historic relations of the two peoples, including migration and national minorities. In addition, since Albania's transition to democracy, Greece has become a major financial partner of the country with Albania's economy being heavily reliant on investments from Greece. Culturally, the two nations' populations, whilst having a tense history, share numerous cultural and historic traits that have been used to boost the political relations of the neighbouring countries.

There had been numerous discussions, research and attempts by Albanians and Greeks to form a confederation during the Ottoman period.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/3475296|title=Historical Greek-Albanian Relations: Some Mysteries and Riddles|first=Helen|last=Abadzi|date=Winter 2011|access-date=27 June 2017|journal=Mediterranean Quarterly| volume=22|issue=1|pages=41–60|doi=10.1215/10474552-1189647|s2cid=153541212}}</ref> In the 19th century there were plans to create a Greek-Albanian confederation, which was revived from the earlier 18th century plans. In 1907 a special protocol and memorandum of understanding was signed by [[Neoklis Kazazis]] and [[Ismail Qemali]], the first [[Prime Minister of Albania|prime minister of Albania]]. Furthermore, Arvanite author Aristides Kollias in his book "The proclamation of the Association of Arvanites" states "from 1881 to 1907 we have sustained efforts and repeated consultations between Greeks and Albanians to create a Greek-Albanian state." In addition, Thanos Paleologos-Anagnostopoulos in his book "Greece and Albania in the early 20th century (1995)" stated that Ismail Qemali, a philhellene, worked with numerous Greek politicians and lobbyists, including [[Arvanite]] leaders, on a possible Greek-Albanian federation, one that "maintains national and religious independence of the two peoples."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.himara.gr/prosopa/974-ismail-kemal-filellinas|title=Ισμαήλ Κεμάλ, ο μέγας φιλέλληνας|language=el|trans-title=Ismail Kemal, the great philhellene|date=30 October 2012|access-date=27 June 2017|website=Himara.gr|archive-date=27 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327023219/http://www.himara.gr/prosopa/974-ismail-kemal-filellinas|url-status=dead}}</ref> Likewise, Neoklis Kazazis saw this as a way of Greece quashing Italian influence in the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greeks-albanians.com/eng-m-ga/eng-m-ga-fed/126-efforts-for-the-creation-of-a-greek-albanian-federation-19th-20th-century|title=Efforts for the creation of a Greek-Albanian federation (19th–20th century)|first=Marios|last=Dimopoulos|access-date=27 June 2017|website=Pelasgians-Greeks-Albanians|archive-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622151711/http://www.greeks-albanians.com/eng-m-ga/eng-m-ga-fed/126-efforts-for-the-creation-of-a-greek-albanian-federation-19th-20th-century|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== International ==
[[File:Igli Hasani 2023(M).jpg|thumb|180x180px|Foreign Minister [[Igli Hasani]].]]
Albania was voted to become a member of the 15-country [[UN Security Council]] for a two-year term, in 2022–23, on 11 June 2021.<ref name="WinSeats">{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-united-nations-gabon-ghana-middle-east-738c4a5a12007e97d3267364249b7904|title=Brazil, UAE, Albania, Ghana and Gabon win UN council seats|date=11 June 2021|website=AP NEWS|first1=Edith M. |last1=Lederer}}</ref> Former ambassador Kadare said that Albania's priorities in the Security Council will include a focus on women, peace, and security, promoting human rights and international law, preventing conflicts, protecting civilians, countering [[violent extremism]], addressing [[climate change]] and its links to security, and strengthening [[multilateralism]] and the [[rules-based international order]].<ref name="WinSeats"/> She tweeted thanks to all countries that: "entrusted us with this huge responsibility".<ref name="WinSeats"/>

;Disputes 
{{see also|United Nations Security Council Resolution 22|Politics of Kosovo}}[[File:Besiana Kadare at UN.jpg|thumb|180px|Former ambassador to the United Nations [[Besiana Kadare]]]]

The Albanian government supports the protection of the [[rights]] of [[ethnic Albanians]] outside of its borders but has downplayed them to further its primary foreign policy goal of regional cooperation; Albanian majority in [[Kosovo]] seeks full recognition of the declared independence from [[Serbia]]; Albanians in the [[Republic of Macedonia]] claim discrimination in education, access to public-sector jobs, and representation in government.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} A handful of Albanian troops have participated in the U.S.-led military operations in [[Iraq War|Iraq]] and Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/albania/ |title=CIA – The World Factbook |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=28 March 2012}}</ref> Albanian policy is very favorable to that of the United States and European Union.

The $30 million [[Albanian-American Enterprise Fund]] (AAEF), launched in 1994, is actively making [[debt]] and [[Capital stock|equity]] investments in local businesses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Background Notes: Albania|url=https://1997-2001.state.gov/background_notes/albania_9903_bgn.html|access-date=2020-06-09|website=1997-2001.state.gov}}</ref> AAEF is designed to harness private sector efforts to assist in the economic transformation. U.S. assistance priorities include promotion of agricultural development and a market economy, advancement of democratic institutions (including police training), and improvements in quality of life.

;International conflicts
In response to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in 2022, Albania has expressed support for [[Ukraine]] and also supported [[Latvia]]'s nomination to join the United Nations Security Council in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Speaker of the Saeima Daiga Mieriņa welcomes the Speakers of the Parliaments of Albania, Croatia, Cyprus, Portugal, and Tonga, emphasising support for Ukraine |url=https://www.saeima.lv/en/news/saeima-news/34012-speaker-of-the-saeima-daiga-mierina-welcomes-the-speakers-of-the-parliaments-of-albania-croatia-cyprus-portugal-and-tonga-emphasising-support-for-ukraine |publisher=[[Saiema]] |access-date=6 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212211707/https://www.saeima.lv/en/news/saeima-news/34012-speaker-of-the-saeima-daiga-mierina-welcomes-the-speakers-of-the-parliaments-of-albania-croatia-cyprus-portugal-and-tonga-emphasising-support-for-ukraine |archive-date=12 December 2024 |date=24 October 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== List of countries ==

List of countries which Albania maintains diplomatic relations with:
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! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Albania.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
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! # !! Country !! Date
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|1 ||{{flag|Romania}} || {{dts|28 December 1913}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>
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|2 ||{{flag|Italy}} || {{dts|21 February 1914}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Annuario diplomatico del Regno d'Italia ... |publisher=Italia : Ministero degli affari esteri |year=1931 |pages=31 |language=it}}</ref> 
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|3 ||{{flag|Serbia}} || {{dts|25 April 1914}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bilateral cooperation |url=https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-cooperation |access-date=24 December 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia}}</ref>
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|4 ||{{flag|Bulgaria}} || {{dts|April 1914}}<ref name=":12">{{cite web |title=Установяване, прекъсване u възстановяване на дипломатическите отношения на България (1878-2005) |url=http://filip-nikolov.com/files/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F.doc |language=bg}}</ref>
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|5 ||{{flag|United Kingdom}}|| {{dts|9 November 1921}}<ref name="britain">{{Cite web |title=Relations between Albania and United Kingdom |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/en/marredheniet-dypaleshe/marredheniet-shqiperi-mbreteri-e-bashkuar/|website=[[Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Albania)|Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs]]|access-date=8 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518204049/https://punetejashtme.gov.al/en/marredheniet-dypaleshe/marredheniet-shqiperi-mbreteri-e-bashkuar/|archive-date=18 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|6 ||{{flag|Austria}} || {{dts|18 February 1922}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 December 2021 |title=BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN ALBANIA AND AUSTRIA |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/en/marredheniet-shqipёri-austri/ |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
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|7 ||{{flag|Japan}} || {{dts|18 April 1922}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 April 2022 |title=Japan - Albania Celebrate a Century of Friendly Relations |url=https://albaniandailynews.com/news/japan---albania-celebrate-a-century-of-friendly-relations |work=Albanian Daily News |access-date=5 August 2024}}</ref>
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|8 ||{{flag|Hungary}} || {{dts|23 May 1922}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations between Albania and Hungary |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/en/marredheniet-shqiperi-hungari/ |access-date=23 October 2023 |website=Republic of Albania Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
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|9 ||{{flag|France}} || {{Dts|16 June 1922}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 June 2021 |title=Ja kush janë 32 ambasadorët e Francës në Shqipëri nga viti 1922 kur u vendosën marrëdhëniet diplomatike |url=https://fjala.al/2021/06/22/ja-kush-jane-32-ambasadoret-e-frances-ne-shqiperi-nga-viti-1922-kur-u-vendosen-marredheniet-diplomatike/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=sq}}</ref>
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|10 ||{{flag|Czech Republic}} || {{Date table sorting|5 July 1922}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relation between Albania – Czech Republic |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/en/marredheniet-dypaleshe/marredheniet-shqiperi-ceki/ |access-date=27 September 2023}}</ref>
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|11 ||{{flag|United States}}|| {{Dts|4 December 1922}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Countries |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/all |access-date=12 November 2021 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>
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|12 ||{{flag|Greece}} || {{dts|4 January 1923}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 May 2021 |title=Shqipëri-Greqi, 50 vjet më pas |language=sq |url=https://gazetasi.al/shqiperi-greqi-50-vjet-me-pas/ |access-date=23 October 2023 |trans-title=}}</ref>
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|13 ||{{flag|Uruguay}}|| {{Date table sorting|23 April 1932}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 April 2025 |title=Hoy cumplimos 93 años de relaciones diplomáticas con la República de Albania. |url=https://x.com/CancilleriaUy/status/1915010548988629212 |access-date=23 April 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
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|14 ||{{flag|Turkey}} || {{dts|15 December 1923}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 January 2023 |title=100 Years of Diplomatic Relations between Albania and Türkiye |url=https://albaniandailynews.com/news/100-years-of-diplomatic-relations-between-albania-and-turkey-1 |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>
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|15 ||{{flag|Russia}} || {{dts|4 July 1924}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Soviet Foreign Policy: 1945-1980 |publisher=Progress Publishers |year=1981 |pages=642–681}}</ref>
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|16 ||{{flag|Poland}} || {{dts|7 April 1937}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=80-lecie nawiązania stosunków dyplomatycznych pomiędzy Polską i Albanią |url=http://www.towpolalb.pl/index.php/aktualnosci/632-80-lecie-nawiazania-stosunkow-dyplomatycznych-pomiedzy-polska-i-albania |access-date=23 July 2023 |language=pl |archive-date=1 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001084056/http://www.towpolalb.pl/index.php/aktualnosci/632-80-lecie-nawiazania-stosunkow-dyplomatycznych-pomiedzy-polska-i-albania |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|17 ||{{flag|North Korea}} || {{dts|29 November 1948}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=DPRK Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf |access-date=14 July 2022 |publisher=NCNK |pages=8–9 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 18||{{flag|Mongolia}} || {{Date table sorting|24 March 1949}}<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Countries Maintaining Diplomatic Relations with Mongolia |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |access-date=21 December 2021 |page=3 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928021439/http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|19 ||{{flag|China}} || {{dts|23 November 1949}}<ref name="mfa.gov.cn">{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zzjg/xos/gjlb/3125/ |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China |access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref>
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|20 ||{{flag|Vietnam}} || {{dts|11 February 1950}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2010 |title=Europe |url=https://lamdong.gov.vn/sites/lderd/operationnotes/countriesandregions/SitePages/europe.aspx |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
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| 21||{{flag|Egypt}} || {{dts|14 March 1956}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TTPRAAAAMAAJ&dq=Albania+and+egypt+decided+to+establish+diplomatic+relations+19+April+1956&pg=PA98 |title=Regional Development for Regional Peace A New Policy and Program to Counter the Soviet Menace in the Middle East |publisher=Public Affairs Institute (Washington, D.C.) |year=1957 |pages=98}}</ref>
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|22||{{flag|India}} || {{dts|3 March 1956}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations between Albania and India |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/en/marredheniet-shqiperi-indi/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Republic of Albania Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
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|23 ||{{flag|Finland}} || {{dts|1956|06|08|format=dmy}}<ref name="ties">{{cite web |title=Countries and regions A–Z |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330044440/http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref>
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|24 ||{{flag|Sudan}} || {{dts|February 1957}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |title=Directory of Officials of the People's Republic of Albania |publisher=CIA |year=1974 |pages=5-7}}</ref>
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|25 ||{{flag|Ethiopia}} || {{dts|26 June 1958}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=International Affairs |publisher=Znanye Publishing House |year=1958 |pages=110}}</ref>
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| 26||{{flag|Iraq}} || {{dts|14 August 1958}}<ref name="Middle East Institute">{{Cite book |title=The Middle East Journal Volumes 12-13 |publisher=Middle East Institute |year=1958 |pages=428}}</ref>
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|27 ||{{flag|Guinea}} || {{dts|October 1958}}<ref name=":3" />
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|28 ||{{flag|Somalia}} || {{dts|September 1960}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act... |publisher=United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations |year=1961 |pages=198}}</ref>
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| 29||{{flag|Cuba}}|| {{dts|15 December 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Memoria anual 2015 |url=https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190813/https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2019 |pages=19–25 |language=es}}</ref>
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| 30||{{flag|Brazil}}|| {{Dts|4 April 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=RELATION BETWEEN ALBANIA AND BRAZIL |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/en/marredheniet-dypaleshe/marredheniet-shqiperi-brazil/ |access-date=4 June 2023 |website=Republic of Albania Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
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|31 ||{{flag|Ghana}} || {{dts|August 1961}}<ref name=":3" />
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|32 ||{{flag|Morocco}} || {{dts|11 February 1962}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Albanie |url=http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politique%C3%A9trang%C3%A8re/Europe/Relationsbilat%C3%A9ralesEuropem%C3%A9ridionale/tabid/179/vw/1/ItemID/576/language/en-US/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130085618/http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politique%C3%A9trang%C3%A8re/Europe/Relationsbilat%C3%A9ralesEuropem%C3%A9ridionale/tabid/179/vw/1/ItemID/576/language/en-US/Default.aspx |archive-date=30 November 2014 |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=Royaume du Maroc Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres et de la Cooperation |language=fr}}</ref>
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|33 ||{{flag|Algeria}} || {{dts|12 February 1963}}<ref name="ReferenceA2">{{Cite web |title=CHRONOLOGIE INTERNATIONALE: Etablissement des relations diplomatiques par l'Algérie |url=https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/downArticle/32/1/4/164767 |access-date=3 October 2023 |page=39 |language=fr |archive-date=5 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005132930/https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/downArticle/32/1/4/164767 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|34 ||{{flag|Mali}} || {{dts|9 February 1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Voss |first=Joachim |title=East Bloc Propaganda Activity in Mali |year=1965 |pages=8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1965 |pages=245 |quote=( SG 1 Mali - Albania . M. Gaqo P : Albania's Ambassador to Mali , preser his credentials on February 9th ...}}</ref>
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| 35||{{flag|Pakistan}} || {{dts|July 1965}}<ref name=":3" />
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|36 ||{{flag|Indonesia}} || {{dts|18 August 1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=News from Hsinhua News Agency: daily bulletin, 2776–2790 |year=1965 |pages=35}}</ref>
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|37 ||{{flag|Mauritania}}|| {{dts|September 1965}}<ref name=":3" />
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|38 ||{{flag|Tanzania}} || {{dts|May 1966}}<ref name=":3" />
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| 39||{{flag|Cambodia}} || {{dts|24 June 1967}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIST OF MEMBER STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS (193) HAVING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CAMBODIA |url=https://www.mfaic.gov.kh/page/2021-02-10-LIST-OF-MEMBER-STATES-OF-THE-UNITED-NATIONS--193--HAVING-DIPLOMATIC-RELATIONS-WITH-CAMBOIDA |access-date=2 October 2021 |website=mfaic.gov.kh}}</ref>
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|40 ||{{flag|Republic of the Congo}} || {{dts|23 June 1968}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Chronologie politique africaine - Volume 9 |publisher=Centre d'étude des relations internationales |year=1968 |pages=47 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|41 ||{{flag|Kuwait}} || {{dts|8 August 1968}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://ambasadat.gov.al/kuwait/en/bilateral-relations |access-date=18 April 2023 |website=Albanian Embassy in Kuwait}}</ref>
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|42 ||{{flag|Sweden}}|| {{dts|20 June 1969}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN ALBANIA AND SWEDEN |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/en/marredheniet-dypaleshe-shqiperi-suedi/ |access-date=30 May 2023 |website=Republic of Albania Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
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| 43||{{flag|Zambia}}|| {{dts|9 July 1969}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 3118-3192 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1969 |pages=6}}</ref>
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|44 ||{{flag|Libya}} || {{dts|6 May 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=ARR: Arab Report and Record |publisher=Economic Features, Limited |year=1970 |pages=269}}</ref>
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|45 ||{{flag|Central African Republic}} || {{dts|23 May 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Yearbook on International Communist Affairs |publisher=Hoover Institution Press |year=1971 |pages=8}}</ref>
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|46 ||{{flag|Denmark}} || {{dts|29 May 1970}}<ref name="Albania">{{cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=http://www.ambasadat.gov.al/denmark/en/bilateral-relations |accessdate=26 August 2019 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Albania}}</ref>
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|47 ||{{flag|Switzerland}} || {{dts|20 July 1970}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://ambasadat.gov.al/switzerland/en/bilateral-relations |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
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|48 ||{{flag|Belgium}} || {{dts|13 November 1970}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=On 13 November 1970, exactly 50 years ago, Belgium and Albania established bilateral diplomatic relations. |url=https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3740546076008277&id=533386760057574&locale=hi_IN |access-date=14 October 2023 |website=Embassy of Belgium in Sofia}}</ref>
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|49 ||{{flag|Netherlands}}|| {{dts|17 November 1970}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relations between Albania and the Kingdom of Netherlands |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/en/marredheniet-dypaleshe/marredheniet-shqiperi-holande/ |access-date=29 May 2023 |website=Republic of Albania Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
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|— ||{{flag|Iran}} (severed)|| {{dts|24 May 1971}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Iran Almanac and Book of Facts |date=1973 |publisher=Echo of Iran |year=1973 |pages=167}}</ref>
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|50 ||{{flag|Norway}}|| {{Dts|29 May 1971}}<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>
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|51 ||{{flag|Chile}} || {{Date table sorting|10 September 1971}}<ref name=":24">{{cite book |last=Castillo |first=Jorge Vera |title=La Política exterior chilena durante el gobierno del presidente Salvador Allende, 1970-1973 |publisher=Instituto de Estudios de las Relaciones Internacionales Contemporáneas |year=1987 |pages=546–547 |language=es}}</ref>
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|52 ||{{flag|Peru}}|| {{dts|6 December 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Acuerdo para el establecimiento de relaciones diplomaticas entre el Peru y Albania |url=https://apps.rree.gob.pe/portal/webtratados.nsf/Tratados_Bilateral.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=743E |access-date=27 June 2023 |website=Archivo Nacional de Tratados |language=es}}</ref>
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|53 ||{{flag|Luxembourg}}|| {{DTS|15 April 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vendosja e marrëdhënieve diplomatike me Luksemburgun, 15 shkurt 1972 |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/vendosja-e-marredhenieve-diplomatike-me-luksemburgun-15-2-1972/ |access-date=23 May 2023 |website=punetejashtme.gov.al |language=sq}}</ref>
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| 54||{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}|| {{dts|30 November 1972}}<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com.ua/search?q=+in+Albanian+2100+GMT+30+Nov+72+A+%5B+Text+%5D+The+government+of+the+Albanian+People%27s+Republic+and+the+Government+of+the+Republic+of+Equatorial+...&sca_esv=596842591&hl=en&gl=ua&tbm=bks&ei=yhSdZf-sDZPOwPAP1_iksAc&ved=0ahUKEwj_uerzgdCDAxUTJxAIHVc8CXYQ4dUDCAk&oq=+in+Albanian+2100+GMT+30+Nov+72+A+%5B+Text+%5D+The+government+of+the+Albanian+People%27s+Republic+and+the+Government+of+the+Republic+of+Equatorial+...&gs_lp=Eg1nd3Mtd2l6LWJvb2tzIpABIGluIEFsYmFuaWFuIDIxMDAgR01UIDMwIE5vdiA3MiBBIFsgVGV4dCBdIFRoZSBnb3Zlcm5tZW50IG9mIHRoZSBBbGJhbmlhbiBQZW9wbGUncyBSZXB1YmxpYyBhbmQgdGhlIEdvdmVybm1lbnQgb2YgdGhlIFJlcHVibGljIG9mIEVxdWF0b3JpYWwgLi4uSLESUO8MWO8McAB4AJABAJgBAKABAKoBALgBDMgBAPgBAfgBAqgCAA&sclient=gws-wiz-books |title=Daily Report Eastern Europe |publisher=United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1972 |pages=12}}</ref>
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| 55||{{flag|Nepal}}|| {{DTS|23 May 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://mofa.gov.np/foreign-policy/bilateral-relation/ |access-date=25 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal |archive-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816132805/https://mofa.gov.np/foreign-policy/bilateral-relation/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|56 ||{{flag|Costa Rica}}|| {{Dts|20 February 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Current Background |publisher=United States. Consulate General (Hong Kong) |year=1973 |pages=4}}</ref>
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|57 ||{{flag|Malta}}|| {{dts|5 March 1973}}<ref name=":7">{{Cite journal |date=April 2012 |title=Albania in the Focus of World Press in Years 1970-1973 |journal=Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences |volume=3 |issue=8 |pages=196}}</ref>
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|58 ||{{flag|Senegal}}|| {{dts|26 April 1973}}<ref name=":7" />
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|59 ||{{flag|Nigeria}}|| {{dts|22 May 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily Report: Eastern Europe |publisher=The Service |year=1973 |pages=10}}</ref>
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|60 ||{{flag|Cameroon}}|| {{dts|20 August 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1973 |pages=2969}}</ref>
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| 61||{{flag|Argentina}}|| {{DTS|4 October 1973}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biblioteca Digital de Tratados |url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/busqueda.php |access-date=27 June 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
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|62 ||{{flag|Tunisia}}|| {{dts|8 October 1973}}<ref name=":7" />
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|63 ||{{flag|Burundi}}|| {{dts|7 November 1973}}<ref name="list1988">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/directoryofalban1988wash/page/40/mode/2up |title=Directory of Albanian officials |date=1988 |publisher=CIA |pages=41–47 |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q5zSEa3pooEC&dq=Albania+annuncio+dello+scambio+di+ambasciatori+con+il+Burundi&pg=PA784 |title=Ispi - Annuario Di Politica Internazionale |publisher=EDIZIONI DEDALO |year=1973 |pages=784 |isbn=978-88-220-1003-2 |language=it}}</ref>
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|64 ||{{flag|New Zealand}}|| {{dts|1973}}<ref name="list1988" />
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|65 ||{{flag|Lebanon}}|| {{dts|28 May 1974}}<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last=van Heuven |first=Marten H. A. |date=1975 |title=Normalizations of Relations with the People's Republic of Albania: A Slow Process |url=https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4067&context=til |journal=[[The International Lawyer]] |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=321}}</ref>
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| 66||{{flag|Benin}}|| {{dts|4 October 1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts Non-Arab Africa · Issues 4717-4792 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1974 |pages=5}}</ref>
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| 67||{{flag|Mexico}}|| {{dts|15 October 1974}}<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |title=Informe de labores |publisher=Mexico. Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |year=1975 |pages=39}}</ref>
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|68 ||{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}|| {{dts|15 November 1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hy-UGztQnxgC&dq=Albania%2C+Guinea-Bissau+decided+to+set+up+diplomatic+relations&pg=RA5-PA4 |title=Current Background, Issues 1023-1028 |publisher=American Consulate General |year=1975 |pages=4}}</ref>
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|69 ||{{flag|Gabon}}|| {{dts|16 November 1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Current Background, Issues 1023-1028 |publisher=American Consulate General, 1975 |pages=4}}</ref>
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| 70||{{flag|Laos}}|| {{dts|18 June 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.mofa.gov.la/index.php/lo/2015-04-07-02-45-52/1950 |access-date=30 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Laos |archive-date=1 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601144934/http://www.mofa.gov.la/index.php/lo/2015-04-07-02-45-52/1950 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|71 ||{{flag|Mozambique}}|| {{dts|25 June 1975}}<ref name=":23">{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1999 |pages=215}}</ref>
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| 72||{{flag|Venezuela}}|| {{Dts|14 October 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Libro amarillo correspondiente al año ...: presentado al Congreso Nacional en sus sesiones ordinarias de ... por el titular despacho |publisher=Venezuela. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |year=2003 |pages=528–529 |language=es}}</ref>
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|73 ||{{flag|Iceland}}|| {{dts|9 April 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iceland - Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=1 August 2021 |website=Government of Iceland}}</ref>
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|74 ||{{flag|Madagascar}}|| {{dts|28 April 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fUiGauVDv0gC&dq=Albania+and+Madagascar+establish+diplomatic+relations+28+April+1976&pg=RA4-PA4 |title=Current Background Issues 1045-1048 |publisher=American Consulate General |year=1976 |pages=4 |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref>
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|75 ||{{flag|San Marino}}|| {{Dts|21 June 1976}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Rapporti bilaterali della Repubblica di San Marino |url=https://www.esteri.sm/pub2/EsteriSM/Relazioni-Internazionali/Rapporti-Bilaterali.html |access-date=15 December 2021 |language=it}}</ref>
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| 76||{{flag|Sierra Leone}}|| {{dts|23 August 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily Report: Eastern Europe - Volume 76, Issues 159-170 - Page 21 |publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1976}}</ref>
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|77 ||{{flag|Myanmar}}|| {{Date table sorting|15 December 1976}}<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Diplomatic relations |url=http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712174127/http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/ |archive-date=12 July 2023 |access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref>
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| 78||{{flag|Burkina Faso}}|| {{dts|15 January 1977}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1977 |pages=7}}</ref>
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|79 ||{{flag|Portugal}}|| {{dts|21 June 1977}}<ref name=":32">{{Cite web |title=Países |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=pt}}</ref>
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|80
|{{Flag|Togo}}
|{{dts|25 June 1977}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Revue française d'études politiques africaines Issues 133-139 |publisher=Société africaine d'édition |year=1977 |pages=39 |language=fr |quote=TOGO ... 25 - Etablissement de relations diplomatiques avec l'Albanie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1978. Выпуск двадцать второй: Зарубежные страны в 1977 |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/42940/3_zarubezhnye_strany_v_1977.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624020625/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/42940/3_zarubezhnye_strany_v_1977.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2023 |access-date=29 February 2024 |page=196 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|81 ||{{flag|Bangladesh}}|| {{dts|10 August 1977}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Asian Almanac 16 |publisher=V.T. Sambandan |year=1978 |pages=8597}}</ref>
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|82
|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{dts|October 1977}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1978. Выпуск двадцать второй: Зарубежные страны в 1977 |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/42940/3_zarubezhnye_strany_v_1977.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624020625/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/42940/3_zarubezhnye_strany_v_1977.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2023 |access-date=29 February 2024 |page=196 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|83 ||{{flag|Syria}}|| {{dts|May 1978}}<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |title=Directory of Officials of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania |publisher=U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, National Foreign Assessment Center |year=1979 |pages=69}}</ref>
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| 84||{{flag|Yemen}}|| {{dts|May 1978}}<ref name=":8" />
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| 85||{{flag|Panama}}|| {{dts|1978|8|20|format=dmy}}<ref name="date">{{cite web |title=RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS DE LA REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ |url=http://www.mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806131148/https://mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2020 |access-date=30 November 2021 |page=195}}</ref>
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| 86||{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}|| {{dts|20 November 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Yearbook on International Communist Affairs |publisher=Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University. |year=1980 |pages=11}}</ref>
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| 87||{{flag|Nicaragua}}|| {{dts|November 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Valenta |first=Jiri |title=Conflict In Nicaragua: A Multidimensional Perspective |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2019}}</ref>
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| 88||{{flag|Colombia}}|| {{DTS|5 December 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 April 2015 |title=Directorio del Cuerpo Diplomático y Consular acreditado en la República de Colombia |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/sites/default/files/directoriocuerpodiplomatico-14abril2015jsre.pdf |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=cancilleria.gov.co |pages=7–12 |language=es}}</ref>
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| 89||{{flag|Ecuador}}|| {{dts|31 January 1980}}<ref name=":03">{{Cite book |title=Carta de noticias |publisher=Dirección General de Información y Prensa, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |year=1979 |volume=189–223 |pages=3}}</ref>
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|90 ||{{flag|Sri Lanka}}|| {{dts|4 March 1980}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=https://mfa.gov.lk/dpl-relations/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |language= |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321072720/https://mfa.gov.lk/dpl-relations/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| 91||{{flag|Djibouti}}|| {{dts|2 April 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=La République de Djibouti: naissance d'un Etat : chronologie |publisher=Imprimerie Officielle, 1982 |pages=161}}</ref>
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|92 ||{{flag|Seychelles}}|| {{dts|16 May 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Legum |first=Colin |title=Africa Contemporary Record: Annual Survey and Documents |publisher=Africana Publishing Company |year=1982 |pages=300}}</ref>
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| 93||{{flag|Zimbabwe}}|| {{dts|May 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Directory of Officials of the People's Republic of Albania |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |year=1980 |pages=68}}</ref>
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|94 ||{{flag|Niger}}|| {{dts|18 June 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-76218/page/53/mode/1up?q=Nigeria+diplomatic+relations |title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report No. 2278 |date=13 August 1980 |publisher=United States Joint Publications Research Service |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref>
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| 95||{{flag|Cape Verde}}|| {{dts|6 August 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |url= |title=Le mois en Afrique - Issues 176-181 |publisher=1980 |pages=138 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|96 ||{{flag|Malaysia}}|| {{dts|24 June 1981}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senarai tarikh penubuhan hubungan diplomatik Malaysia dan negara - negara luar |url=https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113141021/https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |archive-date=13 November 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021 |language=ms}}</ref>
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|97 ||{{flag|Botswana}}|| {{dts|30 August 1982}}<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |title=Keesing's Contemporary Archives – Page 32055 |publisher=Keesing's Limited., 1983}}</ref>
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|98
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|{{dts|30 September 1982}}<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=ความสัมพันธ์ทวิภาคี |url=https://www.mfa.go.th/th/content/5d5bcc2315e39c306000a28b?cate=5d5bcb4e15e39c3060006870 |access-date=27 December 2023 |language=th}}</ref>
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|99 ||{{flag|Kenya}}|| {{dts|2 February 1983}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 February 1983 |title=Kenya and Albania Set Ties |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/02/world/kenya-and-albania-set-ties.html |access-date=11 November 2023}}</ref>
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|100 ||{{flag|Barbados}}|| {{dts|19 May 1983}}<ref name="diplomaticrelations">{{Cite web |title=LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH WHICH BARBADOS HAS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BY REGIONS |url=http://foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813184054/https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |archive-date=13 August 2017 |access-date=25 March 2021 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Barbados)}}</ref>
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|101 ||{{flag|Australia}}|| {{dts|16 September 1984}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 September 1984 |title=Australia-Albania Ties |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/16/world/australia-albania-ties.html |access-date=19 October 2023}}</ref>
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|102 ||{{flag|Ivory Coast}}|| {{dts|9 January 1985}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Keesing's Contemporary Archives - Volume 31 - Page 33559 |publisher=Keesing's Limited. |year=1985}}</ref>
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| 103||{{flag|Guyana}}|| {{DTS|1 May 1985}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Countries with which Guyana has Establishment Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101008/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |archive-date=7 March 2016 |access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref>
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|104 ||{{flag|Malawi}}|| {{dts|12 July 1985}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily Report: Eastern Europe |publisher=United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1985 |pages=154 |issue=7}}</ref>
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|105 ||{{flag|Spain}}|| {{dts|12 September 1986}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations between Albania and Spain |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/en/marredheniet-shqiperi-spanje/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Republic of Albania Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
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|106 ||{{flag|Singapore}}|| {{dts|20 November 1986}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic & consular list |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore |page=}}</ref>
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|107 ||{{flag|Jordan}}|| {{dts|18 May 1987}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily Report: Eastern Europe - Issues 95-103 |publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1987}}</ref>
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|108 ||{{flag|Philippines}}|| {{dts|11 June 1987}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 2023 |title=The Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Albania celebrate 36 years of formal diplomatic relations |url=https://twitter.com/DFAPHL/status/1667661953714782208 |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
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| 109||{{flag|Bolivia}}|| {{dts|21 August 1987}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Tratados y convenios bilaterales |publisher=Bolivia. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto |year=1989 |pages=13 |language=es}}</ref>
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|110 ||{{flag|Canada}}|| {{dts|10 September 1987}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linwood |first=DeLong |date=January 2020 |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
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| 111||{{flag|Germany}}|| {{dts|2 October 1987}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Albanien: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/albanien-node/albanien-216232 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |access-date=6 March 2025 |language=de}}</ref>
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|112 ||{{flag|Angola}}|| {{dts|17 August 1988}}<ref>{{cite book |title=NewsBulletin (87-114) |date=1988 |publisher=Agencia Angola Press}}</ref>
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|— ||{{flag|State of Palestine}}|| {{dts|26 October 1989}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily Report: East Europe. Index, 12,Del 1 |publisher=Newsbank |year=1992 |pages=11}}</ref>
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|113 ||{{flag|Namibia}}|| {{dts|2 August 1990}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Agreement on the establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Namibia and Albania, signed on 02 August 1990. |url=http://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/2703/dissertation_mushelenga_%20s.pdf.txt?sequence=3 |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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| 114 ||{{flag|Israel}}|| {{dts|19 August 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2021 |title=30 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Albania and Israel |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/en/30-vite-nga-vendosja-e-marredhenieve-diplomatike-midis-shqiperise-dhe-izraelit/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref>
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| 115||{{flag|South Korea}}|| {{dts|22 August 1991}}<ref name="mofa.go.kr">{{Cite news |last=Korea |first=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of |title=Countries and Regions > Europe > List of the Countries |language=ko |work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/europe/countries/20070818/1_24638.jsp?menu=m_30_40 |url-status=dead |access-date=2017-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224082408/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/europe/countries/20070818/1_24638.jsp?menu=m_30_40 |archive-date=2013-12-24}}</ref>
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|116 ||{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}|| {{dts|28 August 1991}}<ref>{{cite news |date=28 August 2020 |title=28 AUGUST, ALBANIA ESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THREE COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD |url=https://www.qmksh.al/en/28-gusht-shqiperia-vendos-marredhenie-diplomatike-me-tre-vende-te-botes/ |url-status=dead |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024004028/https://www.qmksh.al/en/28-gusht-shqiperia-vendos-marredhenie-diplomatike-me-tre-vende-te-botes/ |archive-date=24 October 2020}}</ref>
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|117 ||{{flag|Cyprus}}|| {{dts|29 August 1991}}<ref name="un">{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Albania and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=e&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Albania+and+...&f1=830&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&ln=en&action_search=Search&sf=title&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=7 January 2021 |publisher=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
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| —||{{flag|Holy See}}|| {{dts|7 September 1991}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations of the Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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|118||{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}|| {{dts|4 January 1992}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Список стран, с которыми КР установил дипломатические отношения |url=http://mfa.gov.kg/contents/view/id/98 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330202757/http://mfa.gov.kg/contents/view/id/98 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |access-date=7 January 2021 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|119 ||{{flag|Estonia}}|| {{dts|17 January 1992}}<ref name="mfaalbania">{{cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/en/marredheniet-dypaleshe/ |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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|120 ||{{flag|Slovenia}}|| {{dts|10 March 1992}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Priznanja in diplomatski odnosi |url=http://www.mzz.gov.si/fileadmin/pageuploads/Mednarodno_pravo/Priznanja_in_diplomatski_odnosi.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325155432/http://www.mzz.gov.si/fileadmin/pageuploads/Mednarodno_pravo/Priznanja_in_diplomatski_odnosi.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2019 |access-date=26 August 2019 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Đogić |first=Mojca Pristavec |date=September 2016 |title=Priznanja samostojne Slovenije |url=https://fotogalerija.dz-rs.si/datoteke/Publikacije/Zborniki_RN/2016/Priznanja_samostojne_Slovenije_.pdf |access-date=11 July 2023 |language=sl}}</ref>
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|121 ||{{flag|Lithuania}}|| {{dts|27 April 1992}}<ref name="mfaalbania" />
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|122 ||{{flag|Latvia}}|| {{dts|29 April 1992}}<ref name="mfaalbania" />
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|123 ||{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}|| {{dts|1 June 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Albania and UAE Celebrate 30 Years of Diplomacy with Focus on Women's Empowerment |url=https://exit.al/en/albania-and-uae-celebrate-30-years-of-diplomacy-with-focus-on-womens-empowerment/ |access-date=25 April 2023 |website=exit.al}}</ref>
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|124 ||{{flag|Paraguay}}|| {{dts|29 July 1992}}<ref name="un" />
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|125 ||{{flag|Croatia}}|| {{dts|25 August 1992}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bilateral Relations of Croatia |url=http://www.mvpei.hr/MVP.asp?pcpid=1177 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908110155/http://www.mvpei.hr/MVP.asp?pcpid=1177 |archive-date=8 September 2012 |access-date=11 December 2010 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia}}</ref>
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|126 ||{{flag|Qatar}}|| {{dts|26 August 1992}}<ref>{{cite web |date=5 December 2020 |title=Diplomat sees promising future for Albania-Qatar relations |url=https://m.gulf-times.com/story/680110/Diplomat-sees-promising-future-for-Albania-Qatar-relations |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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|127 ||{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}|| {{dts|2 December 1992}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Relations between Republic of Albania and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |url=http://www.ambasadat.gov.al/saudi-arabia/en/relations-between-republic-albania-and-kingdom-saudi-arabia |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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|128 ||{{flag|Oman}}|| {{dts|7 December 1992}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Country Report: Oman, Yemen |publisher=The Unit |year=1992 |pages=12}}</ref>
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| 129||{{flag|Moldova}}|| {{dts|23 December 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://mfa.gov.md/en/content/republic-afghanistan |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=MFA Moldova |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624002439/https://mfa.gov.md/en/content/republic-afghanistan |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|130 ||{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}|| {{dts|28 December 1992}}<ref>{{cite web |year=2010 |title=Lista zemalja koje su priznale Bosnu i Hercegovinu i datumi uspostavljanja diplomatskih odnosa |url=http://www.mvp.gov.ba/vanjska_politika_bih/bilateralni_odnosi/datumi_priznanja_i_uspostave_diplomatskih_odnosa/?id=6 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina |language=bs}}</ref>
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|131
|{{flag|Slovakia}}
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| 132||{{flag|Ukraine}}|| {{dts|13 January 1993}}<ref name="un" />
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|133 ||{{flag|Guatemala}}|| {{dts|29 January 1993}}<ref name="un" />
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|134 ||{{flag|Armenia}}|| {{dts|18 February 1993}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Albania |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/al |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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|135 ||{{flag|Liechtenstein}}|| {{dts|23 April 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations between Albania and Liechtenstein |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/en/marredheniet-dypaleshe-shqiperi-lihtenshtajn/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Republic of Albania Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
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| 136||{{flag|Bahrain}}|| {{dts|10 May 1993}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US&Country=the%20Republic%20of%20Albania |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110145856/https://mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US&Country=the%20Republic%20of%20Albania |archive-date=10 January 2021 |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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|137 ||{{flag|Belarus}}|| {{dts|17 May 1993}}<ref>{{cite web |date=17 March 2015 |title=Belarus to increase exports to Albania |url=https://eng.belta.by/society/view/belarus-to-increase-exports-to-albania-11076-2015 |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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|138 ||{{flag|Georgia}}|| {{dts|8 July 1993}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Relations between Georgia and the Republic of Albania |url=https://mfa.gov.ge/MainNav/ForeignPolicy/BilateralRelations/Albania.aspx?lang=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115085522/https://mfa.gov.ge/MainNav/ForeignPolicy/BilateralRelations/Albania.aspx?lang=en-US |archive-date=15 November 2020 |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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|139 ||{{flag|Kazakhstan}}|| {{dts|21 September 1993}}<ref>{{cite web |title=September 21. Kazinform's timeline of major events |url=https://www.inform.kz/oz/september-21-kazinform-s-timeline-of-major-events_a3567582/amp |access-date=7 January 2021 |archive-date=9 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109101530/https://www.inform.kz/oz/september-21-kazinform-s-timeline-of-major-events_a3567582/amp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|140 ||{{flag|Azerbaijan}}|| {{dts|23 September 1993}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Albania |url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/content/164/albania |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109134035/https://mfa.gov.az/en/content/164/albania |archive-date=9 January 2021 |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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|141 ||{{flag|Uzbekistan}}|| {{dts|23 November 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=States with Which the Republic of Uzbekistan Established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://2014-2024.mfa.uz/en/pages/strani-kotoriye-uzbekistan-ustanovil-diplomaticheskiye-otnosheniya |website=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uzbekistan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan]] |access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref>
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|142 ||{{flag|Tajikistan}}|| {{dts|22 December 1993}}<ref>{{cite web |title=List of states with which the Republic of Tajikistan established diplomatic relations |url=https://mfa.tj/uploads/main/2018/11/dip-otnosheniya-anglisi19.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://mfa.tj/uploads/main/2018/11/dip-otnosheniya-anglisi19.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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|143 ||{{flag|North Macedonia}}|| {{dts|24 December 1993}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Билатерални односи |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=265 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930044329/http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=265 |archive-date=30 September 2011 |access-date=7 January 2021 |language=mk}}</ref>
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|144 ||{{flag|South Africa}}|| {{dts|December 1993}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=South Africa Yearbook 1990 |publisher=South African State Department of Information |year=1993 |pages=102}}</ref>
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|145 ||{{flag|Brunei}}|| {{DTS|27 January 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Brunei Darussalam Newsletter - Issues 133-156 - Page 7 |publisher=Department of Information, Prime Minister's Office |year=1994}}</ref>
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| 146||{{flag|Turkmenistan}}|| {{dts|24 March 1994}}<ref>{{cite web |title=States with which Turkmenistan established diplomatic ties |url=http://www.mfa.gov.tm/en/mfa-en/diplomacy/diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606192226/http://mfa.gov.tm/en/mfa-en/diplomacy/diplomatic-relations |archive-date=6 June 2014 |access-date=19 May 2014 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan}}</ref>
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| —||{{flag|Sovereign Order of Malta}}|| {{Date table sorting|14 July 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Katalogu i Dokumentacionit i Vitit 1994 |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1994.pdf |access-date=20 November 2023 |page=42 |language=sq}}</ref>
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| 147||{{flag|Ireland}}|| {{dts|January 1995}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Albanian foreign minister leaves for Ireland |url=http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/ata/1996/96-07-30.ata |access-date=1 November 2020 |archive-date=9 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109095750/http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/ata/1996/96-07-30.ata |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|148 ||{{flag|Andorra}}|| {{dts|15 February 1996}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bilateral affairs - Albania |url=https://www.exteriors.ad/en/bilateral-and-consular-affairs/bilateral-affairs |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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|149||{{flag|Jamaica}}|| {{dts|3 April 1996}}<ref name="un" />
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| 150||{{flag|Dominican Republic}}|| {{dts|27 May 2002}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS |url=http://enlacecongreso.mirex.gob.do/ecc/Lists/Establecimiento%20de%20Relaciones%20Diplomticas/AllItems.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004004739/http://enlacecongreso.mirex.gob.do/ecc/Lists/Establecimiento%20de%20Relaciones%20Diplomticas/AllItems.aspx |archive-date=4 October 2017 |access-date=26 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
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|151 ||{{flag|El Salvador}}|| {{dts|22 MAy 2003}}<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=REGISTRO DE FECHAS DE ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RD |url=https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/rree/documents/338286/download |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
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| 152||{{flag|Montenegro}}|| {{dts|1 August 2006}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Government of Montenegro |title=Tabela priznanja i uspostavljanja diplomatskih odnosa |url=http://www.mvpei.gov.me/rubrike/bilateralni-odnosi/Tabela-priznanja-i-uspostavljanja-diplomatskih-odn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413155423/http://www.mvpei.gov.me/rubrike/bilateralni-odnosi/Tabela-priznanja-i-uspostavljanja-diplomatskih-odn |archive-date=13 April 2014 |access-date=18 July 2016}}</ref>
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|153 ||{{flag|Afghanistan|2013}}|| {{dts|16 August 2006}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 August 2006 |title=Tirana nadviazala diplomatické vzťahy s Afganistanom |language=sk |url=https://svet.sme.sk/c/2854277/tirana-nadviazala-diplomaticke-vztahy-s-afganistanom.html |access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref>
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| —||{{flag|Kosovo}} || {{dts|18 February 2008}}<ref>{{cite book |author1=Gëzim Visoka |title=Acting Like a State: Kosovo and the Everyday Making of Statehood |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781138285330 |location=Abingdon |page=219}}</ref>
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| 154||{{flag|Maldives}}|| {{dts|25 June 2008}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=High Commission of the Republic of MALDIVES &#124; the Republic of the Maldives and the Republic of Albania Establishes Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.maldiveshighcommission.org/archive/?s=10&grupa=2&id=414&new=ok |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305194334/http://www.maldiveshighcommission.org/archive/?s=10&grupa=2&id=414&new=ok |archive-date=5 March 2017 |access-date=5 March 2017}}</ref>
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|155 ||{{flag|Samoa}}|| {{dts|1 August 2008}}<ref name="un" />
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|156 ||{{flag|Fiji}}|| {{dts|23 June 2010}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Formal diplomatic relations list |url=http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/images/FDR_LIST_version_of_6_June_2016.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827171052/http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/images/FDR_LIST_version_of_6_June_2016.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2019 |access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref>
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|157 ||{{flag|Honduras}}|| {{dts|2 September 2010}}<ref>{{cite news |date=2 September 2010 |title=Honduras anuncia relaciones diplomáticas con Albania |language=es |url=https://proceso.hn/honduras-anuncia-relaciones-diplomaticas-con-albania/ |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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|158 ||{{flag|Saint Lucia}}|| {{dts|14 July 2010}}<ref name="un" />
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| 159||{{flag|Nauru}}|| {{dts|20 April 2011}}<ref name="un" />
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| 160||{{flag|Solomon Islands}}|| {{dts|19 May 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |date=1 June 2020 |title=Solomon Islands Diplomatic and Consular List |url=http://www.mfaet.gov.sb/resources/publications/22-foreign-affairs-p/61-solomon-islands-diplomatic-and-consular-list.html |access-date=12 December 2020 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Solomon Islands |page=37}}</ref>
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|161 ||{{flag|Tuvalu}}|| {{dts|1 June 2011}}<ref name="un" />
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|162 ||{{flag|Monaco}}|| {{dts|24 November 2011}}<ref name="2011a">{{cite web |date=2012 |title=Rapport Politique Extérieure 2011 |url=https://www.gouv.mc/content/download/17882/285806/file/Rapport%20Politique%20Ext%C3%A9rieure%202011%20Final.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.gouv.mc/content/download/17882/285806/file/Rapport%20Politique%20Ext%C3%A9rieure%202011%20Final.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |access-date=11 October 2020 |website=Government of Monaco |page=11 |language=fr}}</ref>
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| 163||{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}|| {{dts|13 May 2014}}<ref name="un" />
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|164 ||{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}|| {{dts|31 October 2018}}<ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2018 |title=Establishment of diplomatic relations with St. Kitts and Nevis |url=http://www.ambasadat.gov.al/united-kingdom/en/establishment-diplomatic-relations-st-kitts-and-nevis |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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|165
|{{flag|Dominica}}
|{{dts|20 March 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2025 |title=Albania establishes diplomatic relations with Caribbean island for the first time |url=https://www.voxnews.al/english/politike/shqiperia-vendos-per-here-te-pare-marredhenie-diplomatike-me-ishullin-e-i88060 |access-date=21 March 2025}}</ref>
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In 2008 and 2009, the [[Parliament of Albania|Albanian Parliament]] ordered the Foreign Ministry to establish diplomatic relations with countries which Albania did not maintain diplomatic relations with, namely [[Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Bahamas]], [[Belize]], [[Chad]], [[Comoros]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Dominica]], [[East Timor]], [[Eswatini]], [[Federated States of Micronesia]], [[Fiji]], [[Gambia]], [[Grenada]], [[Kiribati]], [[Liberia]], [[Marshall Islands]], [[Palau]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], [[Samoa]], [[Solomon Islands]], [[Suriname]], [[Rwanda]], [[Tonga]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[Tuvalu]], [[Uganda]] and [[Vanuatu]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Legjislacioni Shqiptar 2001-2009 |url=https://www.parlament.al/Files/Informacione/legjislacioni_shqiptar_2001_2009.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.parlament.al/Files/Informacione/legjislacioni_shqiptar_2001_2009.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |access-date=15 December 2021 |page=3 |language=sq}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Albania sets diplomatic ties with 30 Africa, Oceania countries |url=https://www.tiranatimes.com/albania-sets-diplomatic-ties-with-30-africa-oceania-countries_104957/ |access-date=6 May 2025 |work=[[Tirana Times]] |date=5 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506233511/https://www.tiranatimes.com/albania-sets-diplomatic-ties-with-30-africa-oceania-countries_104957/ |archive-date=6 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>


Diplomatic relations were suspended with [[Iran]] on 7 September 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 September 2022 |title=Albania cuts Iran ties over cyberattack, U.S. vows further action |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/albania-cuts-iran-ties-orders-diplomats-go-after-cyber-attack-pm-says-2022-09-07/ |access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref>

== Organizations ==
Albania maintains very good relations with the [[European Union]], since 2014 is an official [[Accession of Albania to the European Union|candidate]].

Albania is member in these international organizations:<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/albania/ Albania], CIA The World Factbook</ref>

[[Adriatic Charter|AC]], [[Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie|APF]], [[Bureau International des Expositions|BIE]], [[Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation|BSEC]], [[Council of Europe Development Bank|CEB]], [[International Motor Insurance Card System|CoBx]], [[Council of Europe|CoE]], [[CERN]] (Non-Member State), [[Central European Initiative|CEI]], [[World Customs Organization|CCC]], [[Central European Free Trade Agreement|CEFTA]], [[United Nations Economic Commission for Europe|ECE]], [[Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council|EAPC]], [[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development|EBRD]], [[Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative|EITI]], [[European Common Aviation Area|ECAA]], [[European Civil Aviation Conference|ECAC]], [[Energy Community|EC]], [[European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity|ENTSO-E]], [[Eurocontrol]], [[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]], [[Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units|FIUs]], [[International Atomic Energy Agency|IAEA]], [[Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy|IAO]], [[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development|IBRD]], [[International Civil Aviation Organization|ICAO]], [[International Criminal Court|ICCt]], [[International Chamber of Commerce|ICC]], [[International Committee of the Red Cross|ICRC]], [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|ICRM]], [[International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property|ICCROM]], [[International Development Association|IDA]], [[Islamic Development Bank|IDB]], [[International Hydrographic Organization|IHO]], [[International Fund for Agricultural Development|IFAD]], [[International Finance Corporation|IFC]], [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|IFRCS]], [[International Labour Organization|ILO]], [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]], [[International Maritime Organization|IMO]], [[Interpol]], [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]], [[Inter-Parliamentary Union|IPU]], [[International Organization for Migration|IOM]], [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]], [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]], [[International Trade Union Confederation|ITUC]], [[Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency|MIGA]], [[NATO]], [[Organization of American States|OAS]], [[Open Balkan|OB]], [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|OIC]], [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie|OIF]], [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons|OPCW]], [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]], [[Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail|OTIF]], [[Permanent Court of Arbitration|PCA]], [[South-East European Cooperation Process|SEECP]], [[Southeast European Cooperative Initiative|SECI]], [[Southeast Europe Transport Community|SETC]], [[United Nations|UN]], [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development|UNCTAD]], [[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]], [[United Nations Department for Safety and Security|UNDSS]], [[UNESCO]], [[United Nations Population Fund|UNFPA]], [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|UNHCR]], [[UN Women|UNW]], [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization|UNIDO]], [[World Tourism Organization|UNWTO]], [[Universal Postal Union|UPU]], [[Union for the Mediterranean|UfM]], [[Venice Commission|VC]], [[World Bank|WB]], [[World Customs Organization|WCO]], [[World Federation of Trade Unions|WFTU]], [[World Health Organization|WHO]], [[World Intellectual Property Organization|WIPO]], [[World Meteorological Organization|WMO]] and [[World Trade Organization|WTO]].

== Diplomatic relations ==

=== Africa ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" 
!width="15%"| Country
!width="12%"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
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|{{flag|Algeria }}||1963<ref name="archive.org">{{Cite book|last1=Washington|first1=D. C. :The Agency|url=http://archive.org/details/directoryofalban1988wash|title=Directory of Albanian officials /Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency.|last2=United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Directorate of Intelligence|publisher=Washington, D.C. : The Agency : Available through DOCEX Project, Library of Congress ; Springfield, Va. : National Technical Information Service [distributor]|others=George A. Smathers Libraries University of Florida}}</ref>||
* Algeria has a diplomatic office in [[Tirana]].
*Both countries are members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].
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|{{flag|Egypt }}||1958<ref name="archive.org"/>||See [[Albania–Egypt relations]]
The father of the modern Egypt [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt]] was Albanian commander in the [[Ottoman army]]. Albanian [[Muhammad Ali dynasty]] reigned in Egypt from 1805 to 1952.
* Albania has an embassy in [[Cairo]].<ref name="Albanian Embassy in Egypt">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ambasadat.gov.al/egypt/en|title=Albanian Embassy in Egypt|website=www.ambasadat.gov.al|language=en|access-date=2017-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923101621/http://www.ambasadat.gov.al/egypt/en|archive-date=23 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Egypt has an embassy in Tirana.<ref name="Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Home">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.eg/english/embassies/egyptian_embassy_albania/pages/default.aspx|title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Home|website=www.mfa.gov.eg|access-date=2017-03-20|archive-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818012847/http://www.mfa.gov.eg/english/embassies/Egyptian_Embassy_Albania/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Both countries are members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].
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|{{flag|Libya }}||1970<ref name="archive.org"/>||See [[Albania–Libya relations]]
Albania was one of the first countries to recognize the [[National Transitional Council]] on 18 July 2011 as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mfa.gov.al/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7723:qeveria-e-republikes-se-shqiperise-njeh-keshillin-kombetar-te-tranzicionit-ne-libi-si-perfaqesues-legjitim-te-popullit-libian&catid=112:lajme&lang=en&Itemid=|date=18 July 2011|access-date=18 July 2011|title=The Government of the Republic of Albania recognises the National Transitional Council in Libya, as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people|archive-date=27 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927101055/http://www.mfa.gov.al/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7723:qeveria-e-republikes-se-shqiperise-njeh-keshillin-kombetar-te-tranzicionit-ne-libi-si-perfaqesues-legjitim-te-popullit-libian&catid=112:lajme&lang=en&Itemid=|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ora-news.com/v2/index.php?on=details&id=22692&nid=1&PHPSESSID=5d613e9758ecb4b261a2ea894f935fc4|date=18 July 2011|access-date=18 July 2011|title=Albania recognizes the Transitional Council of Libya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324084338/http://www.ora-news.com/v2/index.php?on=details&id=22692&nid=1&PHPSESSID=5d613e9758ecb4b261a2ea894f935fc4|archive-date=24 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/albania-recognizes-libya-s-rebel-government|agency=Balkan Insight|date=18 July 2011|access-date=18 July 2011|title=Albania Backs Libya's Rebel Government|first=Besar|last=Likmeta}}</ref>

* Libya has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Tunisia}}||1973<ref name="archive.org"/>

||
* Both countries have a number of bilateral agreements.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accueil |url=http://www.diplomatie.gov.tn/index.php?id=399&no_cache=1&L=0&tx_wdtreaties_pi1%5Baction& |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501133723/https://www.diplomatie.gov.tn/index.php?id=399&no_cache=1&L=0&tx_wdtreaties_pi1%5Baction= |archive-date=1 May 2022 |website=diplomatie.gov.tn}}</ref>
* Both countries are members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].
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|{{flag|Morocco}}||1962<ref name="punetejashtme.gov.al">{{Cite web |title=Marrëdhëniet Shqipëri –Marok |url=https://punetejashtme.gov.al/marredheniet-dypaleshe/marredheniet-shqiperi-marok/ |website=punetejashtme.gov.al |language=Albanian}}</ref>
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Since the start of diplomatic relations, both countries have shown a willingness to collaborate, particularly in the field of trade. In January 2005, Albania revoked its 'de facto' recognition of the [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] in favor of Morocco.<ref name="punetejashtme.gov.al"/>
* Both countries are members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].
|}

=== Americas ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" 
!width="15%"| Country
!width="12%"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|--valign="top"
|{{flag|Argentina }}||1973<ref name="archive.org"/>||

* Albania is accredited to Argentina from its embassy in [[Brasília]], Brazil.
* Argentina is accredited to Albania from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
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|{{flag|Brazil }}||1974 <ref name="archive.org"/>||See [[Albania–Brazil relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Brasília]].
* Brazil has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Canada }}||10 September 1987<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bilateral Relations {{!}} Albanian Embassy in Canada|url=http://www.ambasadat.gov.al/canada/en/bilateral-relations|access-date=2021-06-26|website=www.ambasadat.gov.al}}</ref>||See [[Albania–Canada relations]]

* Albania has an [[Embassy of Albania, Ottawa|embassy]] in [[Ottawa]].
* Canada is accredited to Albania from its embassy in [[Rome]], Italy and has an honorary consulate in [[Tirana]].
|-
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|1980<ref name="archive.org"/>
|
* In September 1964, Cuba and Albania signed a pact for scientific cooperation.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1964-09-16|title=Cuba and Albania Sign Pact For Scientific Cooperation|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/16/archives/cuba-and-albania-sign-pact-for-scientific-cooperation.html|access-date=2021-06-23|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*Albania is accredited to Cuba from its [[United Nations|UN]] ambassador [[Besiana Kadare]] in [[New York City|New York]].
*Cuba is accredited to Albania from its embassy in [[Sofia]], Bulgaria.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-05-24|title=Embassy of Cuba in Bulgaria|url=http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/en/bulgaria/embassy-cuba-bulgaria|access-date=2021-06-27|website=CUBADIPLOMATICA|language=en|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627152028/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/en/bulgaria/embassy-cuba-bulgaria|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Mexico }}||15 October 1974<ref name="archive.org"/>||See [[Albania–Mexico relations]]
Mexico recognized and established diplomatic relations with Albania on 15 October 1974. Shortly thereafter Mexico opened a resident embassy in Tirana, however the embassy was closed in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.senado.gob.mx/comisiones/relext_europa/reu/docs/dictamen_141215_3.pdf |title=Relations between Mexico and Albania (in Spanish) |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114004457/https://www.senado.gob.mx/comisiones/relext_europa/reu/docs/dictamen_141215_3.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Albania is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]], USA.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ambasadat.gov.al/usa/en| title = Embassy of Albania in the United States}}</ref>
* Mexico is accredited to Albania from its embassy in [[Rome]], Italy and maintains an honorary consulate in Tirana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/italia/index.php/es/|title=Inicio|website=embamex.sre.gob.mx}}</ref> 
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|{{flag|United States }}||1922<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/countries/albania|title=Albania - Countries - Office of the Historian|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref>||See [[Albania–United States relations]]

* Albania has an [[Embassy of Albania, Washington, D.C.|embassy]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and a consulate general in [[New York City]].
* United States has an embassy in Tirana.
|}

=== Asia ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" 
!width="15%"| Country
!width="12%"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|--valign="top"
|{{anchor|Armenia}}{{flag|Armenia }}||18 February 1993||
* Albania is accredited to Armenia from its embassy in [[Athens]], Greece.
* Armenia is accredited to Albania from its embassy in Athens, Greece and has an honorary consulate in [[Tirana]].<ref name="armenpress.am">{{Cite web|title=Armenian Honorary Consulate opens in Tirana|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/831579|access-date=2021-06-25|website=armenpress.am|language=en}}</ref><ref name="embassy.aid-air.com">{{Cite web|title=Honorary Consulate of Armenia in Tirana, Albania|url=https://embassy.aid-air.com/en/country/armenia/honorary-consulate-of-armenia-in-tirana-albania/|access-date=2021-06-25|website=Government Aid-Air|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}||23 September 1992||See [[Albania–Azerbaijan relations]]
* Albania is accredited to Azerbaijan from its embassy in [[Ankara]], Turkey.
* Azerbaijan is accredited to Albania from its embassy in [[Athens]], Greece.
* Both countries are members of [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|OIC]] and of [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|China }}||23 November 1949||See [[Albania–China relations]]
[[People's Socialist Republic of Albania]] under [[Enver Hoxha]], moved an annual resolution in the [[United Nations General Assembly|General Assembly]] to transfer China's seat at the [[United Nations]] from the [[Republic of China]] to the People's Republic of China. On 25 October 1971, [[Resolution 2758]], sponsored by Albania, was passed by the General Assembly, withdrawing recognition of the ROC as the legitimate government of China, and recognizing the PRC as the sole legitimate government of China. Albania was the first country to recognize the People's Republic China. Albania and People's Republic China established diplomatic relations on 23 November 1949.<ref name="mfa.gov.cn"/>

* Albania has an embassy in [[Beijing]].
* People's Republic China has an embassy in Tirana.
*[[China–Albania Friendship Association]]
*[[Sino-Albanian split]]
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|{{flag|Cyprus}}||28 August 1991<ref name="olc.gov.cy">{{Cite web |title= Albania |website=Republic of Cyprus |url=http://www.olc.gov.cy/olc/olc.nsf/all/21DDFFF8D6E43C7442257A76002E4E50/$file/ALBANIA.pdf?openelement|date=5 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305195606/http://www.olc.gov.cy/olc/olc.nsf/all/21DDFFF8D6E43C7442257A76002E4E50/$file/ALBANIA.pdf?openelement|archive-date=5 March 2017}}</ref>||
*
*Albania is represented in Cyprus by its embassy in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]<ref name="mfa.gov.cy">{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/All/F981C8AA67F5D665C225802900312099?OpenDocument |title=MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Foreign Diplomatic Missions in Cyprus |website=www.mfa.gov.cy |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305194727/http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/All/F981C8AA67F5D665C225802900312099?OpenDocument |archive-date=5 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and an honorary consulate in [[Larnaca]].<ref name="MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Honor">{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/All/C9B6122D74AC333CC22580290033B010?OpenDocument |title=MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Honorary Consular Officers in Cyprus |website=www.mfa.gov.cy |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305195540/http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/All/C9B6122D74AC333CC22580290033B010?OpenDocument |archive-date=5 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Cyprus is represented in Albania by its embassy in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/mfa32_en/mfa32_en?OpenDocument|title=MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Bilateral Relations|date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924010912/http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/mfa32_en/mfa32_en?OpenDocument|archive-date=24 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/All/F3C9F8040F5A51E3C2258029002F3F68?OpenDocument|title=MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Cyprus Diplomatic Missions Abroad|date=5 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305193840/http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/All/F3C9F8040F5A51E3C2258029002F3F68?OpenDocument|archive-date=5 March 2017}}</ref> and an honorary consulate in [[Tirana]].<ref name="ReferenceC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/All/05B74A7899D0469DC225802900324A04?OpenDocument|title=MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Honorary Consular Officers of the Republic of Cyprus|date=5 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305193209/http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/All/05B74A7899D0469DC225802900324A04?OpenDocument|archive-date=5 March 2017}}</ref>
*Both countries have a number of bilateral agreements.<ref name="olc.gov.cy" />
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|{{flag|Egypt }}||1958<ref name="archive.org"/>||See [[Albania–Egypt relations]]
The father of the modern Egypt [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt]] was Albanian commander in the [[Ottoman army]]. Albanian [[Muhammad Ali dynasty]] reigned in Egypt from 1805 to 1952.
* Albania has an embassy in [[Cairo]].<ref name="Albanian Embassy in Egypt"/>
* Egypt has an embassy in Tirana.<ref name="Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Home"/>
*Both countries are members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].
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|{{flag|Georgia }}||{{dts|format=dmy|1993|7|8}}<ref name="mfa.gov.ge">{{cite web|title=Relations between Georgia and the Republic of Albania|url=http://www.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?sec_id=266&lang_id=ENG|publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Georgia)]]|access-date=11 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906093451/http://www.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?sec_id=266&lang_id=ENG|archive-date=6 September 2011}}</ref>||See Albania–Georgia relations
* Albania is accredited to Georgia from its embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
* Georgia is accredited to Albania from its embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
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|{{flag|India}}|| 1956<ref>[http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Albania-February-2012.pdf India - Albania Relations], Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India</ref>||See [[Albania–India relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[New Delhi]].
[[Mother Teresa]], one of India's national symbols, was of Albanian origin.
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|{{flag|Iran }}||1971<ref name="archive.org"/> Diplomatic Severed 16 September 2022
|See [[Albania–Iran relations]]

* Iran has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Israel}}||20 August 1991<ref>{{Cite news|title=Albania and Israel in Accord To Establish Diplomatic Ties|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/20/world/albania-and-israel-in-accord-to-establish-diplomatic-ties.html|access-date=4 August 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 August 1991}}</ref>||See [[Albania–Israel relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Tel Aviv]].
* Israel has an embassy in Tirana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/albania#3667|title=Overseas Embassies and Consulates of Albania|website=embassy.goabroad.com|access-date=2017-03-20|archive-date=29 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629013937/https://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/albania#3667|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=upi2812>{{cite news|title=Israel opens embassy in Albania|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2012/08/02/Israel-opens-embassy-in-Albania/UPI-20821343907341/|access-date=6 September 2012|newspaper=UPI|date=2 August 2012|location=Jerusalem}}</ref>

Albania recognized the State of Israel on 16 April 1949 by a telegram of [[Prime Minister of Albania]] [[Enver Hoxha]].
* [[History of the Jews in Albania]]
* [[The Holocaust in Albania]]
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|{{flag|Japan}}||April 1922<br />re-established in March 1981||See [[Albania–Japan relations]]
Albania and Japan resumed established diplomatic relations in March 1981.<ref>[http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/albania/index.html Japan-Albania Relations], Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan</ref>
* Albania has an embassy in [[Tokyo]].
* Japan has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Kuwait}}||1968<ref name="archive.org"/>|| 
* Albania has an embassy in [[Kuwait City]].
* Kuwait has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Malaysia}}||1981<ref name="archive.org"/>|| 
* Albania has an embassy in [[Kuala Lumpur]].
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|{{flag|Mongolia }}|| 24 May 1949<ref>[http://www.mfat.gov.mn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=83&lang=en LIST OF STATES WITH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722215952/http://www.mfat.gov.mn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=83&lang=en |date=22 July 2011 }}, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mongolia</ref> || 
*Albania is accredited to Mongolia from its embassy in Moscow, Russia.
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|{{flag|Nepal}}||23 May 1972||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 May 1972.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mofa.gov.np/list-of-nepals-diplomatic-relations/ | title=List of Nepal's Diplomatic Relations | publisher=Government of Nepal, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | access-date=20 August 2018 | archive-date=25 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425191433/https://mofa.gov.np/list-of-nepals-diplomatic-relations/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> 
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|{{flag|North Korea }}||29 November 1948{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}||{{See also|Albania–North Korea relations}}
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|{{Flag|Pakistan}}||1965||In December 2006, Albanian deputy foreign minister Anton Gurakqui visited Pakistan to hold bilateral consultation with Pakistani political leadership. Pakistan also offers training facilities to young Albanian bureaucrats in the field of banking, finance, management and diplomacy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mofa.gov.pk/Press_Releases/2006/Dec/PR_367_06.htm |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |publisher=Mofa.gov.pk |date=14 December 2006 |access-date=24 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303230925/http://www.mofa.gov.pk/Press_Releases/2006/Dec/PR_367_06.htm |archive-date=3 March 2012 }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Palestine }}||1990||See [[Albania–Palestine relations]]
Albania had previously recognized the State of Palestine as a state since 1988.

* Palestine has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Qatar}}||1992|| 
* Albania has an embassy in [[Doha]].
* Qatar has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Russia}}||7 April 1924||See [[Albania–Russia relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Moscow]].
* Russia has an embassy in Tirana.
* [[Albania-Soviet Union relations]].

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|{{flag|Saudi Arabia }}||1992|| 
* Albania has an embassy in [[Riyadh]].
* Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Tirana. 
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|{{flag|South Korea}}||22 August 1991<ref name="mofa.go.kr"/>||See [http://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=74 Albania–South Korea relations]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Seoul]].
* South Korea has an embassy in Tirana.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade [[Ban Ki-moon]] and minister of foreign affairs, [[Ban Ki-moon|Besnik]] Mustafaj signed the Convention between [[South Korea]] and [[Albania]] for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income and for the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion on 17 May 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/press/pressreleases/index.jsp?menu=m_10_20&sp=%2Fwebmodule%2Fhtsboard%2Ftemplate%2Fread%2Fengreadboard.jsp%3FtypeID%3D12%26boardid%3D302%26seqno%3D295494 |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea-Press Releases |access-date=4 September 2015 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904015758/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/press/pressreleases/index.jsp?menu=m_10_20&sp=%2Fwebmodule%2Fhtsboard%2Ftemplate%2Fread%2Fengreadboard.jsp%3FtypeID%3D12%26boardid%3D302%26seqno%3D295494 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The number of the South Korean citizens living in Albania, in 2020 was about 102.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Albania|url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=74 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||1981||See [[Albania-Turkey relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Ankara]] and a consulate-general in [[Istanbul]].
* Turkey has an embassy in Tirana. 
* Both countries are full members of [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}||1992|| 
* Albania has an embassy in [[Abu Dhabi]].
* UAE is accredited to Albania from its embassy in Athens, Greece.
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=== Europe ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" 
!width="15%"| Country
!width="12%"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
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|{{flag|Armenia }}||18 February 1993||
* Albania is accredited to Armenia from its embassy in [[Athens]], Greece.
* Armenia is accredited to Albania from its embassy in Athens, Greece and has an honorary consulate in [[Tirana]].<ref name="armenpress.am"/><ref name="embassy.aid-air.com"/>
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|{{flag|Austria}}||1912||See [[Albania–Austria relations]]
[[Austria-Hungary]] supported the [[Albanian Declaration of Independence]] in 1912.
* Albania has an embassy in [[Vienna]].
* Austria has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}||23 September 1992||See [[Albania–Azerbaijan relations]]
* Albania is accredited to Azerbaijan from its embassy in [[Ankara]], Turkey.
* Azerbaijan is accredited to Albania from its embassy in [[Athens]], Greece.
* Both countries are members of [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|OIC]] and of [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|Belgium}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Foreign relations of Belgium|Albania–Belgium relations]]
*Albania has an embassy in Brussels.
*Belgium has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Bulgaria}}||1922||See [[Albania–Bulgaria relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Sofia]] and a consulate in [[Plovdiv]].<ref name="emb">[http://www.embassypages.com/bulgaria Bulgaria]. Embassy Pages.</ref>
* Bulgaria has an embassy in Tirana and a consulate in [[Vlore|Vlorë]].<ref name="emb" />
* The territory of modern [[Albania under the Bulgarian Empire|Albania was part of the Bulgarian Empire]] during certain periods in the Middle Ages and some parts in what is now eastern Albania were populated and ruled by the Bulgarians for centuries. 
* [[Albanians in Bulgaria]].
* [[Bulgarians in Albania]]. 
* Albania is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Albania to the European Union|candidate]] and Bulgaria is a [[Member State of the European Union|member]]. 
* Both countries are full members of [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Croatia}}||25 August 1992||See [[Albania–Croatia relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Zagreb]].
* Croatia has an embassy in Tirana.
* Albania had recognized Croatia on 21 January 1992.
* Albania and Croatia established diplomatic relations on 25 August 1992.<ref>[http://www.mfa.hr/MVP.asp?pcpid=1621 Date of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517200830/http://www.mfa.hr/MVP.asp?pcpid=1621 |date=17 May 2012 }}, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia</ref> 
* In April 2009, both countries became full members of NATO at an event which both Albanian prime minister [[Sali Berisha]] and Croatian prime minister [[Ivo Sanader]] attended. Also that year, the two countries decided to build a joint Nuclear Power Plant on the Albanian border with Montenegro.
* The two have a history of defense pacts, and overall there is a good relationship.
* [[Arbanasi (group)|Arbanasi]] is a community in the [[Zadar County|Zadar]] region, Croatia, of Albanian origin, who traditionally speak a dialect of [[Gheg Albanian]].
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|{{flag|Cyprus}}||28 August 1991<ref name="olc.gov.cy"/>||
*
*Albania is represented in Cyprus by its embassy in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]<ref name="mfa.gov.cy"/> and an honorary consulate in [[Larnaca]].<ref name="MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Honor"/>
*Cyprus is represented in Albania by its embassy in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/> and an honorary consulate in [[Tirana]].<ref name="ReferenceC"/>
*Both countries have a number of bilateral agreements.<ref name="olc.gov.cy" />
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|{{flag|Czech Republic}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Albania–Czech Republic relations]]
The multi-national Communist armed forces' sole joint action was the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia]] in August 1968. All member countries, with the exception of the [[People's Republic of Albania]] and the Socialist Republic of Romania participated in the invasion. Albania formally withdrew form the [[Warsaw Pact]] in 1968 over the matter.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/14/newsid_3771000/3771065.stm |work=BBC News |title=1955: Communist states sign Warsaw Pact |date=14 May 1955 |access-date=27 May 2010}}</ref>
* Albania has an embassy in [[Prague]].
* Czech Republic has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Denmark}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1970|5|1}}<ref>{{cite news|title= The Milwaukee Sentinel - May 1, 1970 (Establish Ties)|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_wkjAAAAIBAJ&pg=2791,11783&dq=albania+denmark+1970+diplomatic&hl=en|newspaper= [[The Milwaukee Sentinel]]|date= 1 May 1970|access-date= 23 February 2011|quote= Denmark has agreed to establish diplomatic relations on ambassadorial level with Albania}} {{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>||See [[Albania–Denmark relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Copenhagen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.al/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5405%3Aperfaqesite-diplomatike-shqiptare-jashte-vendit&catid=50%3Aperfaqesite-diplomatike&Itemid=65&lang=sq|title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Albania: Denmark|language=sq|publisher=Foreign Affairs of Albania|access-date=11 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616003757/http://www.mfa.gov.al/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5405:perfaqesite-diplomatike-shqiptare-jashte-vendit&catid=50:perfaqesite-diplomatike&Itemid=65&lang=sq|archive-date=16 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Denmark has an embassy in Tirana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambtirana.um.dk/en |title=Danish embassy in Tirana, Albania |publisher=Foreign Affairs of Denmark |access-date=11 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719132931/http://www.ambtirana.um.dk/en |archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Finland}}||<!--Date started-->||
* Albania is accredited to Finland from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
* Finland is accredited to Albania from its embassy in Athens, Greece. 
* Albania is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Albania to the European Union|candidate]] and Finland is a [[Member State of the European Union|member]]. 
* Albania supports Finland's [[NATO]] membership.
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|{{flag|France}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Albania–France relations]]
*[[Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Paris]].
* France has an embassy in Tirana. 
* Albania is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Albania to the European Union|candidate]] and France is a [[Member State of the European Union|member]].
* Both countries are full members of [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Georgia }}||{{dts|format=dmy|1993|7|8}}<ref name="mfa.gov.ge"/>||See Albania–Georgia relations
* Albania is accredited to Georgia from its embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
* Georgia is accredited to Albania from its embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
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|{{flag|Germany}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Albania–Germany relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Berlin]].
* Germany has an embassy in Tirana.
* [[Albania under Nazi Germany|Nazi Germany]] invaded Albania from September 1943 to November 1944. 
* [[Albanians in Germany]]
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|{{flag|Greece}}||de facto in 1971<ref name="Greece">{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3395.htm|title=Greece|work=U.S. Department of State|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="osaarchivum.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.osaarchivum.org/files/holdings/300/8/3/text/101-4-123.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717200202/http://www.osaarchivum.org/files/holdings/300/8/3/text/101-4-123.shtml |archive-date=17 July 2011 }}</ref><br />de juro 21 March 1996||See [[Albania–Greece relations]]
<br />[[Cham Albanians]]<br />[[Expulsion of Cham Albanians]]<br />[[Albanian communities in Greece]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Athens]] and consulates-general in [[Ioannina]] and [[Thessaloniki]].
* Greece has an embassy in Tirana and consulates-general in [[Gjirokastër]] and [[Korça]].
*Greece is home to just under a million Albanians (some sources say 600,000, whilst other Greek organisations claim 900,000 with illegal migrants and overstayers). 
*The Arvanitika are a Tosk dialect traditionally spoken by the [[Arvanites]], a population group in [[Greece]]. Arvanitika is today an endangered language, as its speakers have been shifting to the use of [[Greek language|Greek]] and most younger members of the community no longer speak it.<ref>Babiniotis, Lexicon of the Greek Language</ref>
*Greece is Albania's most important European Union ally and partner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.albeu.com/news/news/greece-support-eu-candidate-status-for-albania/150425/|title=Albeu.com – Greece supports EU candidate status for Albania|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-date=23 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623190049/http://english.albeu.com/news/news/greece-support-eu-candidate-status-for-albania/150425/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Relations since the election victory of [[Edi Rama]] in 2013 have seen massive improvement and warming of relations between the two nations.<ref name="Maria Papathanasiou"/>
*The Archbishop of Albania is of Greek descent.<ref>[[Archbishop Anastasios of Albania]]</ref>
*There are many cultural, political, historical and biological similarities and shared kinship between the Albanian and Greek peoples.<ref>[[Origin of the Albanians]]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/albania/northern-epiros-greek-minority-southern-albania|title="Northern Epiros": The Greek Minority in Southern Albania|work=Cultural Survival|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref>
*Greek is the second most spoken language in Albania, with a considerable size having knowledge of it, due to immigration and Greek minority.<ref>[[Languages of Albania]]</ref>
*Albanian is the most common foreign/migrant language in Greece, although most Greeks do not have clear knowledge of it.<ref>[[Albanian communities in Greece]]</ref>
*Many organisations both political and societal exist in Albania and Greece promoting relations between the two nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greeks-albanians.com/eng-m-ga|title=Pelasgians – Greeks – Albanias – Greeks – Albanians|work=Pelasgians – Greeks – Albanias|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220232319/http://www.greeks-albanians.com/eng-m-ga|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*
*As of 2014 both nations have described their relations as 'excellent' and Albania considered Greece one of its 'strongest and most important allies', both NATO nations have close relations nowadays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euractiv.com/sections/enlargement/albanian-official-we-are-much-more-pro-european-several-eu-members-302813|title=Albanian official: 'We are much more pro-European than several EU members'|work=EurActiv – EU News & policy debates, across languages|date=16 June 2014|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Holy See }}||7 September 1991<ref name="Holy See & SMOM">[http://www.albava.org/lamalb.php Historia e Ambasadës] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425112436/http://www.albava.org/lamalb.php |date=25 April 2012 }}, Albanian Embassy in Holy See (in Albanian)</ref>||See [[Albania–Holy See relations]]
* Albania has an embassy to the Holy See in [[Rome]].<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/08/world/vatican-and-albania-establishing-relations.html|title=Vatican and Albania Establishing Relations|date=8 September 1991|work=New York Times|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref>
* [[Holy See]] has a resident nunciature (embassy) in Tirana.<ref name="nytimes.com" />
* The Apostolic Nunciature in Albania started asf an ''apostolic delegation to Albania'' by [[Pope Benedict XV]] on 12 November 1920, and was elevated to the [[Diplomatic rank|full rank]] of a nunciature by [[Pope John Paul II]] on 16 January 1991.
* Relations were reestablished in 1991, after the fall of communism in Albania.
* [[Pope John Paul II]] was the first Pope to visit Albania, which took place immediately after the fall of communism.
* [[Pope Francis]] visited Albania on 21 September, which the first nation in Europe he visited.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/15/pope-francis-visit-albania|title=This page has been removed |work=The Guardian|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref>
* Albania is home to 520,000 Roman Catholics, and is the second largest religion in the country, after Islam. ([[Roman Catholicism in Albania]])
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|{{flag|Hungary }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Albania–Hungary relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Budapest]].
* Hungary has an embassy in Tirana.
* [[Austria-Hungary]] supported [[Albanian Declaration of Independence]] in 1912.
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|{{flag|Iceland}}||<!--Date started-->||
*Albania is accredited to Iceland from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.government.is/404/|title=Government of Iceland &#124; 404|website=www.government.is}}</ref> 
*Iceland is accredited to Albania from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ambasadat.gov.al/sweden/en/bilateral-relations |title=Bilateral Relations &#124; Albanian Embassy in Sweden |access-date=5 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305194922/http://www.ambasadat.gov.al/sweden/en/bilateral-relations |archive-date=5 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has an honorary consulate in Tirana.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Albanía|url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/diplomatic-missions/office/?itemid=407da7ec-f204-11e7-9423-005056bc530c|access-date=2021-06-25|website=www.government.is|language=en-US}}</ref>
*Both countries are members of [[NATO]] and of [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|Ireland}}||<!--Date started-->||
* Albania is accredited to Ireland from its embassy in London, United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://albania.visahq.com/embassy/ireland |title=Albanian embassy in Ireland |publisher=VisaHQ |access-date=24 October 2010}}</ref>
* Ireland is accredited to Albania from its embassy in Athens, Greece.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ireland.visahq.com/embassy/albania |title=Irish embassy in Albania |publisher=Ireland.visahq.com |access-date=24 October 2010}}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|Italy}}||1912||See [[Albania–Italy relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in Rome and consulates-general in [[Bari]] and [[Milan]].
* Italy has an embassy in Tirana and consulates-general in [[Shkodra]] and [[Vlora]]. 
* [[Arbëreshë people]]
* The [[Kingdom of Italy]] supported [[Albanian Declaration of Independence]] in 1912.
* [[Italian protectorate over Albania]]
* [[Italian invasion of Albania|Italy invaded Albania]] from April 1939 to September 1943. ([[Albanian Kingdom (1939–1943)]])
* [[Italian colonists in Albania]]
* On 14 January 2011, [[Albania]] signed a pact with [[Italy]] for a corporal foreign strategy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Sala_Stampa/ArchivioNotizie/Approfondimenti/2011/01/20110114_Accordo_ItaliaAlbania.htm |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |publisher=Esteri.it |date=14 January 2011 |access-date=28 March 2012 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819040851/https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/2011/01/20110114_accordo_italiaalbania.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Albanians in Italy]]
* [[Arbëreshë people]]
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|{{flag|Kosovo}}||18 February 2008||See [[Albania–Kosovo relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Pristina]].
* Kosovo has an embassy in Tirana.
* Albania recognized the Republic of Kosovo on 21 October 1991, the only country to do it.
* Albania recognized Kosovo on 18 February 2008, one of the first countries to do so.
* [[Albanians in Kosovo]] constitute 92% of the population.
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|{{flag|Latvia}}||<!--Date started-->||
*Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1928 and were restored in 1992.<ref name="ambasadat.gov.al">{{cite web | url=http://www.ambasadat.gov.al/poland/en/bilateral-relations | title=Bilateral Relations &#124; Albanian Embassy in Poland }}</ref> 
*Albania is represented in Latvia by its embassy in [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]].<ref name="ambasadat.gov.al"/> 
*Latvia is represented in Albania by its embassy in [[Rome]], [[Italy]] and an honorary consulate in Tirana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/diplomatic-missions|title=Diplomatic missions - MFA of Latvia|website=www.mfa.gov.lv|access-date=17 June 2021|archive-date=20 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620182418/https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/diplomatic-missions|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*Both countries have a number of bilateral agreements.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/policy/bilateral-agreements|title=Bilateral Agreements - MFA of Latvia|website=www.mfa.gov.lv|access-date=17 June 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503122112/https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/policy/bilateral-agreements|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
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|{{flag|Montenegro}}||1 August 2006||See [[Albania–Montenegro relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Podgorica]].
* Montenegro has an embassy in Tirana.
*
*
*[[Albanians in Montenegro]]
*[[Serbo-Montenegrins in Albania]]
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|{{flag|Netherlands}}||1970<ref>{{cite news |first=Gene |last=Gregory |page=24 |date=27 April 1971 |work=Merced Sun-Star |title=Maoist Albania Desires Better Western Relations |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7TRcAAAAIBAJ&pg=7400,6832945 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715151130/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7TRcAAAAIBAJ&pg=7400,6832945 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 |access-date=8 May 2011 }} </ref>||See [[Albania–Netherlands relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[The Hague]].
* Netherlands has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|North Macedonia }}||1991||See [[Albania–North Macedonia relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Skopje]].
* North Macedonia has an embassy in Tirana.
*[[Albanians in North Macedonia]]
*[[Macedonians in Albania]]
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|{{flag|Poland}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Albania–Poland relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Warsaw]]
* Poland has an embassy in Tirana. 
* Albania is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Albania to the European Union|candidate]] and Poland is a [[Member State of the European Union|member]]. 
* Both countries are full members of [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Portugal}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Albania–Portugal relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Lisbon]].
* Portugal is accredited to Albania from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
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|{{flag|Romania }}||28 December 1913||See [[Albania–Romania relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Bucharest]].
* Romania has an embassy in Tirana.
* Romania was the first country that recognized Albania's independence in 1912.<ref>[http://www.top-channel.tv/english/artikull.php?id=7387 Berisha: Grateful to the Albanian community in Bucharest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725181436/http://www.top-channel.tv/english/artikull.php?id=7387 |date=25 July 2013 }}, Top-Channel, 2012-10-19</ref><ref>[http://president.al/?p=4278 Presidenti Nishani merr mesazhe urimi nga krerë shtetesh me rastin e kremtimit të 100-vjetorit të Pavarësisë së Shqipërisë] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117052155/http://president.al/?p=4278 |date=17 January 2013 }}, President of Albania, 2012-11-30</ref> 
*[[Albanians of Romania]]

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|{{flag|Russia}}||7 April 1924||See [[Albania–Russia relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Moscow]].
* Russia has an embassy in Tirana.
* [[Albania-Soviet Union relations]].
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|{{flag|Serbia }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Albania-Serbia relations]]

* Albania has an embassy in [[Belgrade]].
* Serbia has an embassy in Tirana.
*[[Albanians in Serbia]]
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|{{flag| Sovereign Military Order of Malta }}||1994<ref name="Holy See & SMOM"/>||
* Albania is accredited to the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]] from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
* Sovereign Military Order of Malta has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Slovakia}}||<!--Date started-->||
The multi-national Communist armed forces' sole joint action was the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia]] in August 1968. All member countries, with the exception of the [[People's Republic of Albania]] and the Socialist Republic of Romania participated in the invasion. Albania formally withdrew form the [[Warsaw Pact]] in 1968 over the matter.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk"/>
* Albania has an embassy in [[Bratislava]].
* Slovakia has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Slovenia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Albania–Slovenia relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Ljubljana]].
* Slovenia has an embassy in Tirana. 
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|{{flag|Spain }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Albania–Spain relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Madrid]].
* Spain has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Sweden}}||<!--Date started-->||
*
* Albania has an embassy in [[Stockholm]].
* Sweden has an embassy in Tirana. 
* Albania is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Albania to the European Union|candidate]] and Sweden is a [[Member State of the European Union|member]]. 
* Albania supports Sweden's [[NATO]] membership.
*[[Albanians in the Nordic countries]]
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|{{flag|Switzerland}}||1 March 1922<ref>[http://www.balkanweb.com/forumi/index.php?topic=3133.0 Ngritja e marrëdhënieve diplomatike] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709191806/http://www.balkanweb.com/forumi/index.php?topic=3133.0 |date=9 July 2013 }}, Balkanweb (in Albanian)</ref>||
[[Albanians in Switzerland]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Bern]].
* Switzerland has an embassy in Tirana.
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||1981||See [[Albania-Turkey relations]]
* Albania has an embassy in [[Ankara]] and a consulate-general in [[Istanbul]].
* Turkey has an embassy in Tirana. 
* Both countries are full members of [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Ukraine}}||1992||See [[Albania-Ukraine relations]]
The diplomatic relations between Albania and Ukraine were established in 1922. 
* Albania has a non-resident ambassador in [[Warsaw]], Poland. 
*Ukraine has an embassy in Tirana <ref>{{Cite web|last=Kitsoft|title=Міністерство закордонних справ України - A new level of bilateral relations: Ukraine has established an Embassy in Albania|url=https://mfa.gov.ua/en/news/new-level-bilateral-relations-ukraine-has-established-embassy-albania|access-date=2021-06-25|website=mfa.gov.ua|language=en}}</ref> 
* Albania also has an honorary consulate in [[Kharkiv]].
* [[Albanians in Ukraine]] are an ethnic minority group located mainly in [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast]] and [[Budjak]].
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||9 November 1921||See [[Albania–United Kingdom relations]]

Albania established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 9 November 1921.<ref name="britain"/>
* Albania maintains an [[Embassy of Albania, London|embassy]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|author=Diplomat Magazine|date=1 May 2016|url=https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/europe/albania/|title=British Embassy Tirana|access-date=9 March 2025|website=Diplomat Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153413/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/europe/albania/|archive-date=29 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The United Kingdom is accredited to Albania through its embassy in [[Tirana]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-tirana|title=British Embassy Tirana|access-date=8 June 2024|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607163940/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-tirana|archive-date=7 June 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

Both countries share common membership of the [[Council of Europe]], [[European Court of Human Rights]], the [[International Criminal Court]], [[NATO]], [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]], and the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have a Double Taxation Agreement,<ref>{{Cite web|author=[[HM Revenue and Customs]]|date=1 December 2013|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/albania-tax-treaties|title=Albania: tax treaties|website=GOV.UK|access-date=9 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221093412/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/albania-tax-treaties|archive-date=21 February 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> an Investment Agreement,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/46/albania---united-kingdom-bit-1994-|title=Albania - United Kingdom BIT (1994)|website=[[UN Trade and Development]]|access-date=8 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004033311/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/46/albania---united-kingdom-bit-1994-|archive-date=4 October 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> a [[Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom|Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Morton|first1=Wendy|last2=Jayawardena|first2=Ranil|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-albania-sign-agreement-to-deepen-economic-relationship-and-political-efforts-to-tackle-serious-organised-crime|title=UK and Albania sign Agreement to deepen economic relationship and political efforts to tackle serious organised crime|access-date=6 February 2021|date=5 February 2021|website=GOV.UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118104608/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-albania-sign-agreement-to-deepen-economic-relationship-and-political-efforts-to-tackle-serious-organised-crime|archive-date=18 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> a Readmission Agreement,<ref name="britain"/> and an Agreement on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons.<ref name="britain"/>
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=== Oceania ===
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!width="15%"| Country
!width="12%"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
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|{{flag|Australia}}||1984||
* [[Albanian Australian]]s are residents of Australia who are of Albanian heritage or descent. According to the 2011 Australian census 2,398 Albanians were born in Australia while 13,142 claimed Albanian ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.{{Cn|date=May 2025}}
|}

== Former countries ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" 
!width="15%"| Country
!width="12%"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
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|{{flag|Papal States }}||<!--Date started-->||
Albania ([[League of Lezhë]]) during the reign of [[Skanderbeg]] had good relations with the Papacy. 
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|{{flag|Kingdom of Naples }}||<!--Date started-->||
Albania ([[League of Lezhë]]) during the reign of [[Skanderbeg]] had good relations with Naples. 
See<br />[[Skanderbeg's Italian expedition]]
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|{{flag|Soviet Union }}||7 April 1924||See [[Albania–Soviet Union relations]]
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|{{flag|Republic of Venice }}||<!--Date started-->||
[[Albanian–Venetian War (1447–1448)]]<br />[[Venetian Albania]]
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|{{flag|Yugoslavia }}||1946||See [[Albania–Yugoslavia relations]]
|-
|{{Flag|Austria-Hungary}}
|
|See [[Albania–Austria relations]] and [[Albania–Hungary relations]]
|-
|{{Flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|
|See [[Albania–Czech Republic relations]] 
* Both were members of [[Warsaw Pact]] and [[Comecon]] 
|-
|{{Flag|East Germany}}
|1952
|See [[Albania–Germany relations]]
* Both were members of [[Warsaw Pact]] and [[Comecon]]
|}

== Multilateral ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" 
!width="15%"| Organisation
!width="12%"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
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|{{flag|European Union}}||1992||See [[Accession of Albania to the European Union]]
Albania applied in 2009 to join and became an official candidate in June 2014. The Commission recommended the launch of negotiations on 9 November 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2016/20161109_strategy_paper_en.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2016/20161109_strategy_paper_en.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS |publisher=europa.eu |access-date=2016-11-09|date=2016-11-09}}</ref> In 2020 EU ministers agree to start accession talks,<ref name=":1" /> on 19 July 2022 Albania starts accession talks and holds the first Intergovernmental Conference on accession negotiations.<ref name=":2" />

* Albania has permanent representatives to the European Union in [[Brussels]].
* European Union has an embassy (delegation) in Tirana.

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|{{flag|NATO}}||1992||See [[Albania–NATO relations]]
At the [[2008 Bucharest summit]], NATO invited Albania to join the alliance. In April 2009 Albania became a full member of the [[NATO]], which remains popular in the country especially due to its intervention in the [[Kosovo War|Kosovo war]] on behalf of ethnic Albanians.<ref name="Borodij112">{{cite book|last=Borodij|first=Sebastian|chapter=Involvement of Central European states in the military operations of NATO|editor1-last=Czechowska|editor1-first=Lucyn|editor2-last=Olszewski|editor2-first=Krzysztof|title=Central Europe on the Threshold of the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary perspectives on Challenges in Politics and Society|year=2012|location=Newcastle upon Tyne|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-4438-4254-9|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SdsxBwAAQBAJ&q=Albania+NATO+member&pg=PA112|pages=112}}</ref> Within the Balkans, Albania is considered to be the most pro-European and pro-Western country in the region and unlike its neighbours, except [[Kosovo]], it has to negligible support for [[Russian Federation|Russia]].<ref name="Ragionieri46">{{cite book|last=Ragionieri|first=Rodolfo|chapter=Mediterranean Geopolitics|editor1-last=Petricioli|editor1-first=Marta|title=L'Europe Méditerranéenne [Mediterranean Europe]|year=2008|location=Berlin|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=9789052013541|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Lfwutn-soQC&pg=PA46|pages=[https://archive.org/details/leuropemediterra0000unse/page/46 46]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/leuropemediterra0000unse/page/46}}</ref><ref name="Return5911"/>

* Albania has permanent representatives to NATO in [[Brussels]].
* Albania's relationship with the NATO began in 1992 when it joined [[Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council|EAPC]]. 
* In 1994, Albania entered NATO's [[Partnership for Peace|PfP]].
* In 1999, Albania received [[NATO Membership Action Plan|MAP]]
* Albania received an invitation to join at the [[2008 Bucharest summit|2008 Bucharest Summit]] and became a full member on 1 April 2009.
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|{{flag|United Nations}}||14 December 1955||See [[Albania at the United Nations]]
* Albania has permanent representatives to the UN in [[New York City|New York]].
* Albania became a full member on 14 December 1955.
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== See also ==
*[[List of diplomatic missions in Albania]]
*[[List of diplomatic missions of Albania]]
*[[Visa requirements for Albanian citizens]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20001204160000/http://www.mfa.gov.al/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (official site)]

;United Kingdom
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080526030522/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/country-profiles/europe/albania/?profile=intRelations&pg=4 FCO Profile]
; Estonian
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070803034407/http://www.mfa.ee/eng/kat_176/7736.html Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Albania]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150831193520/http://www.estemb.gr/ Estonian embassy in Athens is also accredited to Albania]
;Croatia
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719031520/http://www.mvpei.hr/CustomPages/Static/HRV//templates/_frt_bilateralni_odnosi_po_drzavama_en.asp?id=49 Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Albania]
;Kosovo
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20001204160000/http://www.mfa.gov.al/ Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
;Turkey
* [http://albania.visahq.com/embassy/Turkey/ Albanian embassies in Turkey]
* [http://turkey.visahq.com/embassy/Albania/ Turkish embassy in Albania]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110608202128/http://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey_s-political-relations-with-albania.en.mfa Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Albania]
;Russia
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090413012002/http://www.albania.mid.ru/ Embassy of the Russian federation in Tirana]
;Analysis
* [http://www.iss.europa.eu/nc/actualites/actualite/select_category/21/article/is-there-an-albanian-question/ Is there an Albanian question?] {{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Chaillot Paper No. 107, February 2008, [[European Union Institute for Security Studies]]
*{{cite journal|last=Bishku|first=Michael|title=Albania and the Middle East|journal=Mediterranean Quarterly|volume=24|issue=2|year=2013|pages=81–103|doi=10.1215/10474552-2141908|s2cid=154341789}}
*{{cite journal|last=Ekinci|first=Didem|title=Europeanization Process and Bilateral Relations in the Balkans: Turkey and Albania|url=http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/bitstream/handle/1/397/683-2021-1-PB.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|journal=International Conference on European Studies|volume=9|year=2013|pages=184–205|access-date=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409021429/http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/bitstream/handle/1/397/683-2021-1-PB.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|archive-date=9 April 2017|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite journal|last1=Petrović|first1=Žarko|last2=Reljić|first2=Dušan|title=Turkish interests and involvement in the Western Balkans: A score-card|url=http://www.isac-fund.org/download/Insight_Turkey.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326223109/http://www.isac-fund.org/download/Insight_Turkey.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-03-26|journal=Insight Turkey|volume=13|issue=3|year=2011|pages=159–172}}
*{{cite journal|last=Xhudo|first=Gus|title=Tension among neighbors: Greek-Albanian relations and their impact on regional security and stability|journal=Studies in Conflict & Terrorism|volume=18|issue=2|year=1995|pages=111–143|doi=10.1080/10576109508435972}}

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