The Albanian Congress of Trieste was a congress of Albanians

Albanians

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 held in Trieste

Trieste

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, Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

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 in period February 27 — March 6, 1913, and organized by Faik Konica

Faik Konica

Faik Konica , born in Konitsa, was one of the greatest figures of Albanian culture in the early decades of the twentieth century. Prewar Albanian minister to Washington, his literary review, Albania, became the focal publication of Albanian writers living abroad...

 and Sotir Kolea

Sotir Kolea

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.

The Provisional Government of Albania

Provisional Government of Albania

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 sent Kristo Meksi

Kristo Meksi

Kristo Meksi was an Albanian politician of the early 20th century. He was one of the signatories of Albanian Declaration of Independence and also one of the first Albanian diplomats.-Early life:...

 as its emissary to the Albanian Congress of Trieste. Baron Franz Nopcsa who participated in the work of the congress

Congress

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, published his notes on the congress that became of particular historical

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 interest. The participants of the congress included Nikolla Ivanaj and Terenzio Tocci.

Decisions

The program of the congress had four points:

1. Preparing the request to be sent to the Great Powers for recognition of the political and economical independence of the Albania
2. Treaty of friendship and support of the Aromanian
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    populations that lived near Albanian-inhabited regions and wanted to be included in the Albanian state.
3. Borders of future Albania
4. Discussion about the prince

External links

• Baron Franz Nopcsa and his contribution to Albanian studies, by Robert Elsie
  Robert Elsie
  Robert Elsie is a scholar who specializes in Albanian literature and folklore.- Life :Born on June 29, 1950 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Elsie studied at the University of British Columbia, graduating in 1972 with a diploma in Classical Studies and Linguistics...
  
  
• The Congress of Trieste, by Baron Franz Nopcsa with prologue of Robert Elsie
• The text about the Albanian Congress of Trieste, published on website Shipkovica, contains a list of the congress participants, (archived)
• The text about the congress published on Albplanet.de.tl website, written by Vitore Stefa - Leka