Austria

Attended the Slavkov Format (S3 — Austria, Czechia, Slovakia) foreign ministers' meeting in Tirana, hosted by Albanian FM Ferit Hoxha, alongside Slovak FM Juraj Blanár and Czech Deputy PM Petr Macinka — the format's outreach session with Albania under the Slovak chairmanship.

Outcome: Joint commitment to fast-track Albania's accession talks and to step-by-step single-market integration (including SEPA); praise for Albania's rule-of-law progress.

Bilateral visit to Tirana; met PM Edi Rama and FM Elisa Spiropali. Agenda weighted toward Austrian investment (banking, insurance, energy) and Albania's accession pace.

Outcome: No new agreement announced; Meinl-Reisinger called Albania 'a frontrunner in the EU enlargement negotiations' and tied the speed of accession to rule-of-law reform, noting Albania had opened all negotiating clusters and joined SEPA.

Attended the 6th European Political Community Summit in Tirana — the first EPC meeting held in the Western Balkans, hosted by PM Rama and co-chaired with European Council President Costa — among 40-plus heads of state and government.

Outcome: Summit focused on support for Ukraine, security and democratic resilience, competitiveness, and mobility/migration. No separately reported Stocker–Rama bilateral.

Attended the Berlin Process Western Balkans Summit in Tirana, hosted by PM Rama, standing in for Chancellor Karl Nehammer. Stated that 'there is no vacuum in geopolitics' and that EU integration of the six is how the Union exports stability.

Outcome: Signed on to the summit's regional-cooperation and Common Regional Market commitments; Schallenberg pushed equal treatment of all candidates and involving the younger generation in the reform agenda.

Opening leg of an official Western Balkans tour; met President Bajram Begaj in Tirana. Topics included fundamental rights, rule of law and judicial reform in the context of Albania's EU accession.

'Central 5' joint visit to Tirana with Slovenian FM Anže Logar and Czech FM Jakub Kulhánek over the Pentecost weekend, to signal support for opening Albania's EU accession negotiations. Met FM Olta Xhaçka, PM Edi Rama, President Ilir Meta and opposition leader Lulzim Basha.

Outcome: Public backing for a start to accession talks; Schallenberg reiterated Austria's line that 'European integration is not complete without the six Western Balkan countries' and highlighted Austria's donation of COVID-19 vaccine doses to the region.

Attended the European Forum Alpbach in Tyrol at the invitation of FM Meinl-Reisinger; joined the high-level panel on Europe's security architecture (with Meinl-Reisinger, UNOV Director-General Monica Juma, Erste Group CEO Peter Bosek and Ivan Krastev) and held a bilateral meeting with Meinl-Reisinger on the margins.

Outcome: Hoxha framed Albania as a contributor to European security; the bilateral highlighted Austria's 'Friends of the Western Balkans' role and Austrian investment, which both sides said had 'reached new levels'.

Headlined the 'Albania: A New Frontier' investment forum in Vienna, organised by Raiffeisen Bank International and Raiffeisen Bank Albania with the Albanian government, with a delegation of senior ministers — promoting renewable energy (solar), infrastructure, real estate and tourism.

First official visit by an Albanian President to Austria; received in Vienna by President Alexander Van der Bellen — tête-à-tête, delegation talks, and a joint press conference. Agenda: Albania's EU accession timeline, the Western Balkans, Kosovo, and the then-upcoming EPC Summit in Tirana.

Official visit to Vienna; received by FM Alexander Schallenberg on the second day — their first meeting since Hasani took office. Covered Albania's EU path and deeper bilateral cooperation on security and the economy.

Outcome: Both sides noted a tender won by an Austrian-Albanian consortium for the feasibility study of a Durrës–Pristina railway line.

Addressed the 'Albania Calls' business forum at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) in Vienna, presenting investment opportunities in Albania to Austrian investors.