Formal relations between Albania and Spain were established in 1986.
Albania has an embassy in
Madrid, and
Spain has an embassy in
Tirana.
The countries are both members of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and the
Union for the Mediterranean
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM; french: Union pour la Méditerranée, ar, الإتحاد من أجل المتوسط ''Al-Ittiḥād min ajl al-Mutawasseṭ'') is an intergovernmental organization of 43 member states from Europe and the M ...
. As a
European Union (EU) member, Spain supports Albania in its euro-integration path.
History
The diplomat
Juan Pedro Aladro Kastriota
Juan Pedro Aladro y Kastriota (1845–1914), known as Aladro Kastrioti by Albanians, born Juan de Aladro de Perez y Valasco, was a Spanish nobleman, diplomat, and pretender of the throne of Albania. He claimed descent from the Kastrioti family ...
was the pretender of the
throne of Albania
While the medieval Capetian House of Anjou, Angevin Kingdom of Albania (medieval), Kingdom of Albania was a monarchy, it did not encompass fully the entirety of the modern state of Albania and was ended soon by the Albanian nobles by 1282 when the ...
.
Kastriota claimed descent from the medieval nobel
Kastrioti family through his paternal grandmother.
During the
Spanish Civil War, many Albanians took part on this event as members of the
International Brigades
The International Brigades ( es, Brigadas Internacionales) were military units set up by the Communist International to assist the Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. The organization existed f ...
, such as
Asim Vokshi
Asim Vokshi (1909–1937) was an Albanians, Albanian Kosovo, Kosovar from Gjakova, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, and studied at a military academy in Italy.
He served as a staff officer in the Garibaldi Battalion of the XII International Bri ...
who was a staff officer of the
Garibaldi Battalion, scholar and anti-fascist activist
Skënder Luarasi, and novelist
Petro Marko, who was a volunteer of the republican force of the event. His best-known novel is titled
Hasta La Vista.
For years, the Spanish government accused Albania of providing support to the
FRAP.
In 1977, first informal diplomatic contacts between both parties were channeled.
Formal diplomatic relations between both countries were established in September 1986.
See also
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Foreign relations of Albania
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Foreign relations of Spain
The foreign relations of Spain could be constructed upon the foreign relations of the Hispanic Crown. The personal union of Castile and Aragon that ensued with the joint rule of the Catholic Monarchs was followed by the annexation of the Kingd ...
*
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 ...
External links
Albanian Embassy in MadridSpanish Embassy in Tirana
References
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Spain
Bilateral relations of Spain