Albanian and Greek Ministries of the Environment have agreed to work together to create the first cross-border park of the "Vjosa" river that crosses both countries. 

After a meeting of the Greek Minister of the Environment Kostas Skrekas with the Albanian Minister Mirela Kumbaro in Athens, the creation of a cross-border committee to work in this direction was announced. 

Regional Office of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced in October of last year the preparation on the Greek side of 4 studies on the best protection of the watershed of the "Vjosa" river and the promotion of cross-border cooperation for a cross-border park Greece-Albania. 

Albanian government, for its part, has recently committed to declare within this year the course of the Vjosa river with its branches in the Albanian territory, a National Park. 

Both on the Greek and Albanian sides, the concerns of environmental organizations are particularly related to projects for the diversion of the flow of the "Vjosa" river and projects for the construction of hydropower plants. 

"Vjosa" river has a length of about 272 km, of which 80 km in the Greek territory and about 192 km in the Albanian territory and is considered "the last wild river in Europe" due to the lack of construction of hydraulic works in the course of the river.