Partition of Albania

Occupation of Albania by Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece during the First Balkan War
Occupation of Albania by Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece during the First Balkan War
Map of the proposed Albanian state by the provisional government of Principality of Albania, compared to proposal of the Balkan League together with French and Russia and the fixed borders by the Ambassadors and Boundary Commission.

The Partition of Albania (Albanian: Copëtimi i Shqipërisë) is a term used for the partition of the Albanian state, which proclaimed its independence on 28 November 1912. The delineation of the newly established Principality of Albania under the terms of the London Conference of 1912–1913 (29 July 1913) and the Ambassadors of the six Great Powers of that time (Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia and Italy) left Albanian and non-Albanian populations on both sides of the border. Representatives of the Albanian national movement viewed this as a partition of claimed Albanian-inhabited territories, also territories contained in a proposed Albanian Vilayet.[1][2][3]

After the establishment of the Albanian state, there were plans to further partition Albania during World War I;[4] however, Albania was not partitioned and maintained its independent existence.[5] Additional plans of partition were negotiated during and after World War II.[6]

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