English: Congress of Trieste delegates. Just as the overseas communities of Albanians had stimulated the patriotic fervor which gradually led to the independence of their homeland (Albania or Arbëria/Shqipëria), so at this critical juncture they once again demonstrated their solidarity. On 1 March 1913, they convened an Albanian Congress of Trieste (Italy), in a time Austria. There were 119 representatives in all, coming from the United States, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt, Italy (Arbëreshë community), and of course from the new State itself. Albanian Bishop Fan Noli of Boston (USA) was one of the featured speakers. The congress recognized the provisional government of Ismail Qemal, pledged its faithful support, discussed the ethnic boundaries of the new state and sent strong resolutions to the European capitals and to the London Conference of Ambassadors then in session, appealing for their recognition of Albanian independence and for the lifting of the Greek and Slavic-Serbian blockade.