
After the start of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, on February 24, 2022, Albania had lined up alongside the European Union and the United States of America in support of Ukraine.
In the framework of this support, several decisions have been approved, which allow citizens of Ukraine to enter and stay without a residence permit in Albania for a period of one year.
According to the data of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for the year 2022, of the 32 thousand Ukrainians who entered Albania after the start of the war, about 2,500 stayed beyond 2022 in this country.
The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, Olta Xhaçka, said in January last year that Albania will open an embassy in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. However, this has not yet happened.
Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on January 13, 1993, while Ukraine opened its embassy in Tirana in September 2020.
Its ambassador has been appointed Volodymyr Shkurov, who is still in office, about 3,500 Albanians live in the Odesa region of Ukraine./ REL