Albania Diplomatic Recognition Ussr

The Soviet Union and Albania agreed Monday to end their nearly three-decade estrangement by restoring diplomatic relations that were severed over the Kremlin's ideological quarrel with China. The agreement to re-establish ties and reopen embassies was reached during talks held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on June 29-30 and in Tirana, Albania's capital, on Monday, said the official Soviet Tass news agency and the Albanian Telegraph Agency.

After the upheavals in Eastern Europe over the past year and the growing reconciliation between East and West, this week's announcement that Albania and the Soviet Union were restoring diplomatic relations after nearly three decades seemed little more than a footnote to history. True, the agreement was part of the same flow that has brought fundamental changes throughout the socialist world, but this had an ideological significance greater than Albania's size and obscurity would suggest.

After the upheavals in Eastern Europe over the past year and the growing reconciliation between East and West, this week's announcement that Albania and the Soviet Union were restoring diplomatic relations after nearly three decades seemed little more than a footnote to history. True, the agreement was part of the same flow that has brought fundamental changes throughout the socialist world, but this had an ideological significance greater than Albania's size and obscurity would suggest.

The Soviet Union and Albania agreed Monday to end their nearly three-decade estrangement by restoring diplomatic relations that were severed over the Kremlin's ideological quarrel with China. The agreement to re-establish ties and reopen embassies was reached during talks held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on June 29-30 and in Tirana, Albania's capital, on Monday, said the official Soviet Tass news agency and the Albanian Telegraph Agency.