The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, congratulated today, July 4, on the Independence Day of the United States.

This 4th of July coincides with the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Albania and the USA.

"Good morning and on this day of independence of the United States, July 4 and the 100th anniversary of our diplomatic relations, I wish you a good week", Rama wrote in a post on social networks.

Diplomatic relations between the United States and Albania were restored on March 15, 1991, after a 52-year hiatus.

The US Embassy in Tirana was opened on October 1, 1991, with Christopher Hill as Chargé d'Affaires and succeeded by US Ambassador William Edwin Ryerson, who presented his credentials to the Government of Albania on December 21, 1991.

At the historic ceremony in 1991 for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, which restored diplomatic relations between the two countries, then Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs Raymond GH Saitc said: "The relationship between our countries dates back to the early years of this century, when President [Woodrow] Wilson offered American support to the new Albanian state.

The relationship was never forgotten by the thousands of Americans of Albanian origin...who kept in touch with their homeland all these years."

On June 11, 1991, former Secretary of State James A. Baker III was the first high-level US official to visit Albania after the country's long period of isolation.

Since that time, US-Albania relations have progressed and grown, and Albania has become one of America's staunchest allies, especially in the global war against terrorism.

/Telegraph/

GOOD MORNING 😊

and on this independence day of the United States, July 4th and the 100th anniversary of our diplomatic relations, I wish you a good week🇦🇱🙏🇺🇸

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