Claim: The Northern Epirote Declaration of Independence was overridden by a subsequent protocol to the newly established Albanian state, which made the local Greek population reject it and decide that only autonomy or alternatively an international occupation would be appropriate for the region.
Evidence: However, the subsequent Protocol of Florence assigned it to the newly established Albanian state, a decision that was rejected by the local Greek population. Given the fact that union of Northern Epirus with Greece had already been dismissed by the European Great Powers, they decided that only autonomy or alternatively an international occupation would be appropriate for the region.