Albania and
France are members of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Albania is an
EU candidate
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
and France is also an
EU member.
History
During the Middle Ages, the Anjous, a French noble family took control of Albania between 1272-1282.
During the
Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...
(1912-1913),
Albanians declared the independence of Albania from the
Ottoman Empire.
along with
Russia opposed Albanian aims due to their support for
Serbia, and both backed their Balkan allies' proposals for less territory and coast for the new borders of the Albanian state.
During World War I, France would occupy Southeastern Albania and created the
Autonomous Province of Korçë
The Autonomous Province of Korçë ( sq, Krahina Autonome e Korçës), sometimes referred to as Republic of Korçë (french: République de Koritza), was an autonomous legal entity established in 27/10 December 1916, by the local French forces ...
, a French protectorate founded in 1916. The French would occupy this region until 1920 when they withdrew forces from the area.
Upon the end of World War II, France remained the only Western country where Albania had diplomatic and economic relations with, owing to Communist dictator Enver Hoxha’s French education. France was Communist Albania’s only nominal Western trading partner throughout the Cold War.
As a
European Union (EU) founder and member, France was one of the only countries that did not support Albania in its euro-integration path, until March 30, 2020.
Resident diplomatic missions
* Albania has an embassy in
Paris.
* France has an embassy in
Tirana.
File:Ambassade d'Albanie en France, 57 avenue Marceau, Paris 16e 2.jpg, Embassy of Albania in Paris
See also
*
French in Albania
*
Albanians in France
The Albanians in France constitute an ethnic minority of the country as immigrants. The most Albanians came from Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey, Italy and Greece.
History
The Confederation of Albanians in France is an organizatio ...
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Accession of Albania to the European Union
Albania is on the current agenda for future enlargement of the European Union (EU). It applied for EU membership on 28 April 2009, and has since June 2014 been an official candidate for accession. The Council of the European Union decided in M ...
References
External links
Albanian Embassy in Paris
French Embassy in Tirana
France
Bilateral relations of France
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