{"id":30856,"date":"2022-02-03T16:36:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T15:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=30856"},"modified":"2022-02-03T16:36:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T15:36:10","slug":"us-albania-celebrate-100th-anniversary-of-diplomatic-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/us-albania-celebrate-100th-anniversary-of-diplomatic-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"US-Albania celebrate 100th anniversary of diplomatic ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, Albania and the United States will be celebrating the 100<sup>th <\/sup>anniversary of their diplomatic ties. The US embassy in Tirana has designed a logo for this occasion which will be used to promote all the different kinds of activities and events dedicated to our bilateral relations.<\/p>\n<p>US ambassador Yuri Kim, posted a video earlier today where she cherished the cooperation between both nations while emphasizing that more achievements are underway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish that the American and Albanian nations can continue to always stay side by side,\u201d \u2013 said the ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>Diplomatic relations between the US-Albania began on July 28, 1922 \u2013 a few months after the conclusion of the Paris Peace Conference, where the American president, Woodrow Wilson, came out in support of our country.<\/p>\n<p>The first US ambassador to be appointed in Tirana was Ulysses Grant Smith, who began his diplomatic mission here on December 4, 1922.<\/p>\n<p>Diplomatic ties went on normally until 1939 when Albania was invaded by Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The US embassy in Tirana was shut down on September 16, 1939.<\/p>\n<p>The severed ties continued through the entire reign of communist dictator Enver Hoxha.<\/p>\n<p>We re-established diplomatic relations with the US on March 15, 1991, after the fall of the communist regime.<\/p>\n<p>William Ryerson became the first US ambassador after the reestablishment of our bilateral relations.<\/p>\n<p>3 months after on June 21, 1991, the US Secretary of State James Baker, came to visit Albania.<\/p>\n<p>On June 10, 2007, President George W. 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