Beqir Meta

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Beqir Meta is Albanian historian and member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania [1] and director of the Institute of History. He published many works on Greek-Albanian relations. [2] Meta is director of National Historical Museum and president of the Scientific Committee of the Mother Teresa Museum. [3]

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References

  1. "ANËTARË TË RREGULLT TË AKADEMISË SË SHKENCAVE TË SHQIPËRISË" (in Albanian). Tirana: Academy of Sciences of Albania. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012. Meta Beqir, Histori
  2. Mehmet HACISALİHOĞLUU, Fuat AKS, ed. (2007). Proceedings of the International Conference on MINORITY ISSUES IN THE BALKANS AND THE EU (PDF). Istanbul. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012. Beqir Meta has published several studies on Greek-Albanian relations.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. "Scientific Committee". Mother Teresa Museum. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012. Prof. Beqir Meta Director of The Albanian National History Museum, where The Museum of Mother Teresa is located.