Relationship dossier
Albania
Hungary
Relationship assessment
Albania and Hungary maintain a cooperative partnership, including Hungarian support for Albania’s European integration.
Albania toward Hungary
+25Albania joined Hungary in formalizing bilateral cooperation through the 2023 strategic partnership agreement. The breadth of specific Albanian government initiatives toward Hungary is less clear.
Hungary toward Albania
+35Hungary has supported Albania’s European Union integration and provided rescue and humanitarian assistance after Albania’s 2019 earthquake. The two governments also formalized a strategic partnership in 2023.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship combines a formal strategic partnership with Hungarian support for Albania’s European integration and concrete Hungarian emergency assistance after the 2019 earthquake. These features indicate a cooperative bilateral structure, although the scope of cooperation beyond these examples is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Albania and Hungary have pursued a cooperative bilateral relationship, formalized by a strategic partnership agreement in 2023. Hungary has supported Albania’s European Union integration, and Hungary provided rescue and humanitarian assistance after Albania’s 2019 earthquake. The relationship is also situated within NATO cooperation, though alliance membership alone does not establish the bilateral assessment.
Key developments
Albania and Hungary signed a strategic partnership agreement during Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s visit to Tirana.
Hungary provided rescue and humanitarian assistance following Albania’s earthquake.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the 2023 strategic partnership are unclear.
- The breadth of ongoing Albanian government cooperation with Hungary is uncertain.