Albanian-Bulgarian Protocol (1932)
The Albanian-Bulgarian Protocol was a bilateral document signed in Sofia on January 9, 1932, between the Albanian Kingdom and the Kingdom of Bulgaria, concerning mutual protection for each other's minority populations.[1] However the protocol was never ratified by Albania, and tensions over the minority issue had returned by 1933.[2][3]
History
After the establishment of diplomatic relations between both countries in 1922, the major problem in their relations, was that Albanian authorities did not recognize the status of the
Serbian Macedonia. It had already blocked the ratification of similar protocol with Greece.[5] However, in 1930 during the First Balkan Conference in Athens
and especially on the Second Balkan Conference in Istanbul in 1931, the two delegations raised the problem of the Bulgarian minority, but were opposed by the Yugoslav side.
Nevertheless, on 9 January 1932, a Protocol on the reciprocal protection of minorities in Albania and Bulgaria was signed in Sofia by
Dolna Gorica. The Bulgarian chargé d'affaires in Tirana informed his government that the plan of the Albanian government was to see all Bulgarians out of the country.[3]
See also
External links
- The personal blog of Bulgarian politician Latchezar Toshev with a photocopy of the Protocol in French and its translation in Bulgarian.
References
- ISBN 1845110137, p. 335.
- ^ Боби Бобев: Албания не признаваше нашето малцинство заради натиск от Белград. 16 Октомври 2017г. Kanal3.bg.
- ^ a b Milo, Paskal. “Albania and the Balkan Entente.” Balkan Studies 39, no. 1 (1998): 91–122. p. 110.
- ISBN 1850652384, p. 79.
- ^ Michailidis, Iakovos D. (1995). "Traditional Friends and Occasional Claimants: Serbian Claims in Macedonia between the Wars". Balkan Studies. 36: 112.
- ^ Димитър Кьосев, България в света от древността до наши дни. Том 2. Наука и изкуство, София, 1979, стр. 202.