Relationship dossier
Albania
North Macedonia
Relationship assessment
Cooperative neighbors with practical agreements and shared regional integration goals
Albania toward North Macedonia
+40Albania has supported North Macedonia’s NATO and European integration and has pursued bilateral cooperation through joint government meetings and agreements, including practical cross-border coordination.
North Macedonia toward Albania
+40North Macedonia has pursued bilateral cooperation with Albania through joint government meetings and agreements, including practical cross-border coordination and cooperation on regional integration.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship is shaped by sustained practical cooperation and shared regional integration objectives. Joint government engagement and bilateral agreements provide a basis for coordination, while ethnic Albanian rights and status in North Macedonia remain a recurring political consideration.
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 North Macedonia maintain a cooperative relationship, including practical bilateral agreements and coordination on regional integration. Their governments have held joint meetings and pursued arrangements for cross-border cooperation. Albania has supported North Macedonia’s NATO and European integration, while the relationship also involves recurring attention to the rights and status of ethnic Albanians in North Macedonia.
Areas of tension
- Rights and status of ethnic Albanians in North Macedonia
Key developments
Albania and North Macedonia held a joint government meeting and signed bilateral cooperation agreements.
Albania supported North Macedonia’s accession to NATO, which was completed in 2020.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing government coordination on minority-rights issues is uncertain.