Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen ƙarni na 19, masu binciken jirgin ruwa na Italiya sun kalli tashar jiragen ruwa ta Vlorë (Valona a Italiyanci) da tsibirin Sazan (Saseno) a ƙofar Bay of 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 cikin gida na bayan yakin, rashin nasara a yakin Vlora
, da kuma matsin lamba daga Shugaba Woodrow Wilson na Amurka, ya tilasta Italiya ta janye a 1920. Amma Italiya ta riƙe tsibirin Saseno, a gaban Valona, wanda aka haɗa shi da lardin Zara a Dalmatia na Italiya.