Russia Criticizes Albania's Revision of Other Balkan States' Borders

The international community should take steps to show Albania and Albanian politicians in other Balkan countries that it is unacceptable to exert efforts aimed at revision of borders in the Balkan region, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

Earlier in the week, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama made a statement that Albania and the partially recognized republic of Kosovo, also inhabited by Albanians, could reach a "union." Soon afterward, President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci said that if Brussels "closed [the] door on Kosovo," all Albanians in the region would unite into one state.

"We believe that the international community should jointly show Tirana and Albanian politicians in other Balkan states that it is unacceptable to advance territorial claims and to discuss the revision of borders in the region. We call on western partners to adhere to the...