TIRANA, June 15 /ATA/ – As of today, Albanian citizens will travel to Azerbaijan without a visa requirement, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Albania, Anar Huseynov announced in a post on social media X on Saturday.
A visa waiver agreement was signed on March 1, 2024, in a ceremony attended also by Prime Minister Edi Rama during an official visit to Baku to discuss fresh cooperation opportunities in tourism, economic development and energy.
The agreement on the mutual abolition of visas for citizens of both countries was signed by the then Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Besart Kadia, and the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Fariz Rzayev.
The agreement on lifting visa requirements for holders of standard international passports will bolster economic ties, facilitate greater people-to-people contacts and cooperation between the two countries that has gained significant momentum particularly this year, when Azerbaijan opened embassy in Tirana and Albania will open its embassy in Baku this fall.
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