Diplomatic relations between Ukraine and the Republic of Albania were established on January 13, 1993.
On June 16, 2015, the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Albania was opened in Kharkiv. Honorary consul - Shachin Omarov.
On June 20, 2018, the Agreement on the functions and duties of the Honorary Consul of Ukraine in the city of Tirana was concluded with the citizen of the Republic of Albania Bledi Bajraktari.
On July 2, 2020, the newly appointed Chargé d'affaires of the Republic of Albania in Ukraine Fation Peni handed over a diplomatic note from the Albanian side on the opening of a diplomatic mission of Albania in Ukraine. In September 2021, a new Head of the Albanian diplomatic mission in Ukraine - Adhurim Resuli - was appointed.
On September 1, 2020, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Albania Volodymyr Shkurov presented credentials to the President of the Republic of Albania Ilir Meta.
Political dialogue
Contacts at the level of presidents: there were none
On September 11, 2020, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania Edi Rama.
On March 5, 2022, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania Edi Rama.
On May 3, 2022, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Parliament of the Republic of Albania.
June 15, 2022 - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama and Prime Minister of Montenegro Dimitar Abazovych during their joint visit to Ukraine.
Contacts at the level of heads of parliaments:
July 1, 2011 – bilateral meeting of the Speaker of the Parliament of Albania Jozefina Topalli with the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn during the summit of the BSEC Parliamentary Assembly (Kyiv)
Contacts at the level of heads of government:
January 19-21, 2020 – a working visit of the Acting Chairman of the OSCE, Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania Edi Rama to Ukraine. Meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko and Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharuk.
June 15, 2022 - Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal met with Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama and Prime Minister of Montenegro Dimitar Abazovych during their joint visit to Ukraine.
Contacts at the level of heads of foreign policy departments:
November 4, 2016 – an official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin to Albania (negotiations with the President of Albania Bujar Nishani, the Speaker of the Parliament Illir Meta and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania Dimitri Bushati).
February 21-23, 2018 – an official visit of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania Dimitri Bushati to Ukraine.
June 3, 2021 – a telephone conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania Olta Xhacka.
May 14, 2022 - the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba held a meeting with the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania Olta Xhacka (Berlin).
Bilateral bodies of the highest level: The Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Albanian Commission is in the process of determining the terms of the constituent meeting.
Interparliamentary cooperation:
On December 5, 2019, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine created a Deputies' Group on Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Albania, consisting of 6 people (group leader Ihor Vasyliv, Faction of the Political Party "Servant of the People").
In the new composition of the Albanian Parliament, following the results of the elections on April 25, 2021, the formation of a group on interparliamentary relations with Ukraine is expected.