 Italy rejected the decision because it didn't want Greece to control both sides of the Straits of Corfu.In addition, although Sazan Island was ceded to Greece in 1864 as part of the Diapontia Islands, Greece ceded the island to the newly independent Albania in 1914 after the pressure of Italy, and since Greece didn't want to risk a war with Italy.Italy took possession of the island in 1920 and kept it through World War II.