Relationship dossier
Albania
Ireland
Relationship assessment
Ireland has supported Albania’s EU accession process; direct bilateral cooperation is less clear.
Albania toward Ireland
Not assessedIreland toward Albania
+15The Irish government supported the EU decision to open accession negotiations with Albania in 2020, backing Albania’s progress toward EU membership.
Overall relationship
Not assessedHow 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
Ireland has supported Albania’s EU accession process, including the EU decision to open accession negotiations with Albania in 2020. Information about concrete Albanian government cooperation specifically toward Ireland is insufficient to assess that relationship.
Key developments
The EU decided to open accession negotiations with Albania, a process supported by Ireland.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of direct bilateral cooperation between the Albanian and Irish governments is unclear.
- The extent of Ireland’s bilateral engagement with Albania beyond its support for EU accession is unclear.