page_title: Albania–Romania relations
section_title: Relations
hierarchical_section_title: Albania–Romania relations / Relations
caption_attribution_description: Română: Clădire monument istoric, str. Duiliu Zamfirescu, nr.7 This is a photo of a historic monument in București, classified with number B-II-m-B-19945
context_page_description: Albania—Romania relations refers to the bilateral relations of Albania and Romania. Albania has an embassy in Bucharest and Romania an embassy in Tirana and a consulate in Korçë. On 16 December 2013, a celebration was held in Romania celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations.
  The countries are both members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, La Francophonie and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. As a European Union member, Romania supports Albania in its euro-integration path.
context_section_description: On March 18, 2014, Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of Albania, met with Victor Ponta, the Prime Minister of Romania, during the latter's first official visit to Tirana. The two discussed expanding ties between the two countries economically, in terms education (with a number of Albanian students studying in Romania and Albanian Police officers being trained by Romanians), as well as sharing Romania's experience in ascending to the European Union with Albania. They also discussed Romanian businesses opening offices in Tirana to increase economic cooperation, and training of Albanian police officers by Romania to combat organized crime. In February 2015, Ponta offered to make an energy deal with Romania. He also stated that expansion of cooperation in other fields will continue as well.
caption: Embassy of Albania in Bucharest
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