Pitanje Albanije u odnosima između Jugoslavije i Zapada 1945–1947
Question Of Albania In Relations Between Yugoslavia And West 1945-1947

Summary/Abstract: Beginning of the Cold War in Europe marked a serious diplomatic and foreign policy affair for Yugoslavia and Albania. After the end of the Second World War, Yugoslavia entered the period of the clashes with the Western Allies, mainly on the question over the city of Trieste and over the support to the Greek communist movement, which have grown to the guerrilla. Albania, its smaller and weaker neighbor ally also had disputed relations with the Western powers since it has introduced Communist party governance which disabled all other political parties and produced violations of the political and human rights to its opponents. Western powers produced a several obstacles to Albania’s interna- tional promotion and questioned its membership within the different international organizations. On the other side, Italy, had the ambition to reestablish the influ- ence in Albania, and Greece openly showed territorial claims on it southern parts. Being inside of the winning allied coalition, Yugoslavia used its efforts to im- prove the international position of the Albania, especially urging for its better status at the peace conference in Paris, and supporting it interests among the western countries, and states that belonged to the so-called People’s Democracy. That will be the same practice, in a period of the United Nations monitoring mis- sion which observed the violations at the mutual border with Greece. Meanwhile, in relations between the Yugoslavia and Albania, Soviet presence was impor- tantly rising, producing a ground for the forthcoming political dispute 1948 on- wards.

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