Albania–Yugoslavia_relations
Albania–Yugoslavia relations
Bilateral relations
Albania–Yugoslavia relations were historical foreign relations between Albania (both Kingdom of Albania 1928-1939 and the People's Socialist Republic of Albania 1946–1992) and now broken up Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918-1941 and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1945–1992). With occasional periods of friendly relations or efforts to improve relations, the two countries predominantly maintained cold or openly hostile relations. The period of close relations developed right after the end of World War II when Yugoslavia pushed for socioeconomic integration of Albania into Yugoslavia within the Balkan Federation (bargaining with the idea of unification of Albania with kinship region of Kosovo), but they turned into sharp antagonism after the 1948 Tito–Stalin split.[1]