30 September 1991

In connection with the "referendum in Kosovo" and the "Resolution of the Kosovo Assembly" of 22 September 1991, the Government of the Republic of Albania stated that they "welcome and give their support to the Kosovo Assembly Resolution defining the Republic of Kosovo as a sovereign and independent state with the constitutive right in the Federation of sovereign states/republics in Yugoslavia as a logical consequence of the Kacanik Assembly decision of 7 September 1990 proclaiming the Republic of Kosovo".

8 October 1991

President of the Republic of Albania, Ramiz Alia, addressed a congratulatory message to "President of the Kosovo Assembly" reading as follows: "The Republic of Albania recognises this decision as a legitimate one in view of the fact that the principle of self-determination derives from the CSCE and OUN documents. We also warrant that the Republic of Albania will give its full support to the Republic of Kosovo towards its being more widely recognised and accepted by the international public".

23 October 1991

The National Assembly of the Republic of Albania recognised the "Republic of Kosovo as a sovereign and independent state on the basis of freedom and full equality with all other peoples and the Provisional Government of Kosovo headed by Bujar Bukoshi".

February 1992

Albania organised the preparatory meeting of the "Assembly of National Reconciliation and Unity of All Albanians" headed by Academician R.Qosja, for the purpose of drafting an "equitable settlement of the Albanian issue/unification of Albanians", since "historical injustice was done to them, whereby the Albanian people were divided into several states in 1878 and 1912/13."

26 March 1992

In an interview given to the Spanish El Pais, Sali Berisha, chairman of the Democrat Party of Albania, said that the "new government will grant Albanian citizenship to all Albanians wherever they live and that Albania will act with all necessary resoluteness towards being the home country of all Albanians".

29/30 March 1992

The representatives of all political, social, religious and intellectual communities from all Albanian regions organised the preparatory meeting of the "Assembly of General National Reconciliation" from which they addressed the "Appeal to Albanian People", calling all Albanians to unite around the national ideal and work tirelessly towards the achievement of the basic goal: national unification under the "Motherland Albania Above All" motto.

18 April 1992 In its report to the National Assembly of Albania, Prime Minister Meksi's cabinet affirmed the recognition of the "Republic of Kosovo" and recognised B. Bukoshi's "provisional Government".

27 April 1992

On his visit to Tiranė, B. Bukoshi was received as the "Prime Minister of a friendly country" with all state and military honours.

April 1992

The Albanian Permanent Mission to the United Nations distributed an anti-Yugoslav pamphlet issued by the "Information Centre of the Kosovo Democrat League" in Pristina and a press statement concerning B. Bukoshi's visit.

22 May 1992

The Albanian Permanent Mission to the United Nations circulated as an official Security Council document (S/23994) President Sali Berisha's letter to the United Nations requesting that UN observers be deployed in Kosovo "so that there would be no military attacks on Kosovo and Albanians".

23 May 1992

President of the National Assembly of Albania, Peter Arbnori, addressed a letter to President of the European Parliament, Egon Klepsch, notifying him of the "first-ever multiparty elections in Kosovo" to be conducted on 24 May and calling onto all European institutions, on behalf of the Albanian Assembly, to provide for the "normal conduct of free elections in the Republic of Kosovo."

25 May 1992

In its statement, the National Assembly of Albania welcomed the conduct of "elections" on 24 May 1992 in the "Republic of Kosovo" and called upon the international public, and CSCE and EC member-states to give their support to the conduct of "free elections in Kosovo".

27 May 1992

President of the Republic of Albania Sali Berisha and Prime Minister Aleksandar Meksi received "prime minister" B. Bukoshi. President S. Berisha said that the "elections of 24 May have become a historical date of the Albanian nation and that the Parliament and President of Kosovo elected at them have received the people's mandate to govern."

1 June 1992

The National Assembly of the Republic of Albania conveyed a congratulatory message to the "Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo" concerning the elections conducted on 24 May 1992, "reaffirming its recognition of the Republic of Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state". The National Assembly and President of the Republic of Albania sent congratulations to Ibrahim Rugova on his election for "president of the Republic of Kosovo".

July 1992

President of the Republic of Albania Sali Berisha requested that the "Kosovo leadership be called to take part in the negotiations concerning the settlement of the Yugoslav crisis" at the Helsinki Conference.

26 July 1992

In an article in the "Zeri i populit", the official organ of the Socialist Party of Albania (SPA), the latter presented its view that "maximum autonomy in Kosovo under Serbian patronage and in accordance with the Constitution of Serbia would not be acceptable to the Kosovo Albanians, because they were dissatisfied with that status and went out on streets to demonstrate and shed their blood for the Republic of Kosovo in 1981."

1 September 1992

Albanian Prime Minister A. Meksi received the "president of the Republic of Kosovo" I. Rugova and "prime minister" B. Bukoshi for the purpose of "intensifying the political activities in the international sphere and expanding economic relations between Albania and Kosovo, involving the development of a common power supply system, opening the roads to motor vehicles, introduction of an air transport service and co-operation in the fields of telecommunications, public health and education".

1 September 1992

In the statement issued by the Government of the Republic of Albania concerning the London Conference on Yugoslavia, it was said that "Kosovo should be taken as one of the chief issues of the Conference and that it should not be treated in the context of national minorities, instead of which a special working group should be formed in line with the principle of self-determination." The Albanian Government finds that "the Conference did not accept that Kosovo be treated as a problem of people with all rights determined by international documents, including the right of self-determination and that neither has it accepted for it to be dealt with by a special working group"; it does not accept the view of the London Conference that the problem of Kosovo should be treated by a working group for ethnic communities and national minorities of the Conference on Yugoslavia (sub-group for Kosovo) and announces that it will continue making endeavours towards getting the international community to accept its position.

28 September 1992

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania A. Meksi stated at the 47th Session of UN General Assembly that "the conflict in Kosovo stems from the impossibility to co-exist with an occupying power and that it is a conflict between the principle of peaceable self-determination and the hegemonic refusal to let it be realised.

4 October 1992

The National Assembly of the Republic of Albania adopted the "Resolution on the Situation in the Balkan Region and Measures to Prevent the Conflict in Kosovo from Spilling Over", proposing that a high-level CSCE session and Security Council session be held urgently with a view to having "observers and peace forces deployed in Kosovo as soon as possible" and that "Kosovo be proclaimed a demilitarised zone under international supervision".

10 October 1992

During his visit to Slovenia, President S. Berisha of the Republic of Albania called the Kosovo Albanians not to turn out for the general elections in the FR of Yugoslavia in December 1992.

18 October 1992

Having talked with the NATO Secretary General M. Woerner, President S. Berisha of the Republic of Albania said that "Albania insists on NATO and UN sending troops to Kosovo and on Kosovo being placed under their control, because the Kosovo Albanians cannot accept anything less than the rights they had under the 1974 Constitution of the SFRY."

19 November 1992

In an interview given to Der Kurier of Austria, President S. Berisha of the Republic of Albania overtly warned that Albania will "get itself actively involved in the clashes in Kosovo should the war spread to the south".

15 February 1993

In his discussions with the President of Bulgaria in Sofia, President S. Berisha of Albania said that "Tiranė will not be able to prevent Albanians from going to help their brothers in Kosovo, should a war break out there, too".

March 1993

The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Albania Alfred Serreqi spoke at the CSCE Forum in Vienna in favour of UN troops being deployed in Kosovo and its being put under UN protectorate.

April 1993

In his programme-related speech delivered in Korēė concerning the settlement of the Kosovo issue, President S. Berisha of the Republic of Albania interceded in favour of Kosovo being put under full UN control as a neutral zone and deployment of NATO troops in Kosovo, as well as for the status of Kosovo to be settled on the basis of self-determination by the Albanian population of Kosovo.

20 June 1993

While participating in the Crans-Montana forum, President S. Berisha of Albania said that "the Kosovo Albanians are subjected to a complete occupation and apartheid".

8 August 1993

In his letter addressed to the president-in-office of the UN Security Council, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Albania, A. Serreqi, requested of the UN Security Council to "deploy an observer mission on the border with Serbia and in Kosovo".

September 1993

In his speech delivered at the 48th Session of the UN General Assembly, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Albania, A. Serreqi, interceded in favour of the UN and Security Council guaranteeing the compliance with the UN Charter principles by "securing for the Kosovo Albanians the right of self-determination with regard to their political status", and reiterated Albania's endeavours towards "Kosovo being placed under UN control and protectorate".

July 1994

The Albanian media announced that Ilaz Ramajli has been appointed as "head of Mission of the Republic of Kosovo" in Tiranė under a "decree issued by President of the Republic of Kosovo".

25 July 1994

The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Albania A. Serreqi received the "Head of Mission of the Republic of Kosovo" in Tiranė I. Ramajli, after which the latter said in a press statement that he had presented his "credentials". The "mission" started off its activity by sending "notes" with a Republic of Kosovo - Tiranė Office letterhead and stamped with a seal on which the words Office of the Republic of Kosovo in Albania are inscribed.

Supplement 1: Press statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 30 July 1994

Supplement 2: Statement issued by the Government of the SFRY on 23 September 1994

Supplement 3: Statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 19 April 1995

Supplement 4: Note of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 274 of 20 January 1997

Supplement 5: Joint statement of heads of state and government of South Eastern Europe, Heracleion, Crete, 4 November 1997