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- ↑ COUNCIL OF ALBANIAN AMBASSADORS; ANNUAL REPORT; 2019-2020; Mission and Members; News and Statements; Meetings and Partners
- ↑ The Statesman's Year-Book 1988-89
- ↑ The Statesman's Year-Book 1989-90
- ↑ The Statesman's Year-Book 1990-91
- ↑ "Çfarë i shkruante MPJ-së ambasadori i Shqipërisë në OKB më 1986 për mërgatën kosovare në SHBA". KOHA.net. 29 August 2018.
- ↑ JPRS Report; Arms Control, November 13, 1989.
- ↑ Hedges, Chris (29 September 1990). "After a 51-Year Break, Albania Seeks Diplomatic Ties With U.S." The New York Times.
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