Adriatic Charter
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| Formation | May 2, 2003 |
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The Adriatic Charter is an association formed by Albania, Croatia, North Macedonia and the United States for the purpose of aiding their attempts to join NATO. The Charter was signed on 2 May 2003 in Tirana under the aegis of the United States. The role of the United States has caused some confusion; in discussions in the other member states, the Charter is often called the U.S.-Adriatic Charter. In September 2008 Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina were invited to join the Charter and joined on December 4, 2008.[1] Serbia accepted observer status at the same time. On 1 April, 2009, Albania and Croatia became the first of the group to join NATO. On 5 June, 2017, Montenegro joined NATO.[2] On 27 March, 2020, North Macedonia joined NATO.[3]
Members
Joined 2003
Albania (NATO member since 2009)
Croatia (NATO member since 2009)
North Macedonia (NATO member since 2020)
United States (NATO founder)
Joined 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro (NATO member since 2017)
Observers
Since 2008
Since 2012
Republic of Kosovo[a] (2012 applied for Adriatic Charter membership)[5][6]
See also
- Vilnius ten - a similar association of NATO-aspirant countries.
Notes and references
Notes:
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References:
- ^ United States Department of State United States Department of State
- ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/05/montenegro-joins-nato-alliances-29th-member/
- ^ "It's official: North Macedonia becomes NATO's 30th member". Defense News. The Associated Press. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Adriatic Charter Expands to Include Montenegro Archived 2013-02-17 at the Wayback Machine: "Euro-Atlantic cooperation took a step forward today with the incorporation of Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro as new Partners in the Adriatic Charter... Serbia, an observer country"
- ^ Ministri i FSK-së Agim Ҫeku kërkoi antarsimin në “Karta e Adriatikut” Archived 2017-08-13 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry for Kosovo Security Force, 2012-03-29 (in Albanian)
- ^ Kosovo looking to join the Adriatic Charter
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