Ka kammala wannan magana: A ƙarshen ƙarni na 19, masu binciken jirgin ruwa na Italiya sun lura da tashar jiragen ruwa na Vlorë (Valona a Italiyanci) da kuma tsibirin Sazan (Saseno) a bakin Tekun Vlorë. Wannan tashar jiragen ruwa za ta ba Italiya iko a kan hanyar shiga Tekun Adriatic. Har ila yau, Albania za ta iya ba Italiya damar yin amfani da ita a yankin Balkan. Kafin Yaƙin Duniya na I Italiya da Austria-Hungary sun taimaka sosai wajen ƙirƙirar ƙasar Albaniya mai zaman kanta. Da barkewar yaki a 1915, Italiya ta yi amfani da damar da za ta mamaye kudancin rabin Albania, don hana Austro-Hungarians daga kamawa. Wannan nasarar ba ta daɗe ba, kamar yadda matsalolin da ke cikin gida bayan yakin, rashin nasara a cikin
Yakin Vlora, da matsin lamba daga Shugaban Amurka Woodrow Wilson, ya tilasta Italiya ta janye a shekarar 1920. Amma Italiya ta riƙe tsibirin Saseno, a gaban Valona, wanda aka haɗa shi da lardin Zara a Dalmatia na Italiya.