Protocol of the forth session of the Joint Greek-Albanian inter-ministerial Committee on economic, industrial, technical and scientific cooperation between the Governments of the Republic of Greece and the Republic of Albania.

The Greek-Albanian Joint Committee is established on the grounds of article 9 of the Agreement on economic, industrial, technical and scientific cooperation between the governments of the Republic of Greece and the Republic of Albania (signed in Tirana on November 18, 1987). Both sides agreed that there are great possibilities for further development of bilateral cooperation in various sectors such as agriculture and fisheries. The two sides accepted that a discussion at the level of experts on the eventual mutually beneficial exploitation of the waters of the Aoos (Vjosa) river could take place in the context of the relevant Joint Committee. The two parties also expressed their desire to convene the Joint Sub-Committee on agriculture and the food sector, in order to discuss and define the projects of bilateral cooperation. The Greek side will support the Albanian request to the European Union for technical assistance and funds that are necessary for the implementation of projects in the agriculture and food sector as indicated hereby: plant and animal production and relevant processing industries, forest development, rural development.