Both countries focus on democracy and economic development through open and free trade, as evidenced in both bilateral and multilateral aspects.

[citation needed][1][2] Slovakia has consistently supported Albania's integration efforts in the European Union.

[3] In this regard, a Memorandum of Cooperation on European Integration Concerns was signed between the two countries in March 2015, during the visit to Tirana of the then Slovakia's Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Miroslav Lajčák.

Following the successful model of the Visegrad International Fund, the Slovak Republic also offered help to the WBF (Western Balkans Fund) and its Secretariat in Tirana.

[1] The only issue of contention between the two countries is Slovakia's decision not to recognize the independence of Kosovo.