PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE

'Partnership for Peace' (PfP) is a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) project aimed at creating trust between NATO and other states in Europe and the former Soviet Union; 23 nations are members. ^[1] It was created in 1994, soon after the collapse of the former Eastern bloc. Ten states which were members (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) have since joined NATO. On April 26, 1995, Malta became a member of PfP ^[2]; it left in October 1996 in order to keep their neutrality intact ^[3]. During the NATO summit in Riga on November 29, 2006, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia were invited to join PfP^[4] after which they joined PfP on 14 December 2006.^[5]

Contents

Signatories of Partnership for Peace Framework Document

Current members

Former members

References

External links

Signatories of Partnership for Peace Framework Document

Current members

★ Albania (February 23, 1994) ^[6]

★ Armenia (October 5, 1994)

★ Austria (February 10, 1995)

★ Azerbaijan (May 4, 1994)

★ Belarus (January 11, 1995)

★ Bosnia and Herzegovina (December 14, 2006)

★ Croatia (May 25, 2000)

★ Finland (May 9, 1994)

★ Georgia (March 23, 1994)

★ Republic of Ireland (December 1, 1999)

★ Kazakhstan (May 27, 1994)

★ Kyrgyzstan (June 1, 1994)

★ Moldova (March 16, 1994)

★ Montenegro (December 14, 2006)

★ Russia (June 22, 1994)

★ Serbia (December 14, 2006)

★ Sweden (May 9, 1994)

★ Switzerland (December 11, 1996)

★ Tajikistan (February 20, 2002)

★ Republic of Macedonia (November 15, 1995)

★ Turkmenistan (May 10, 1994)

★ Ukraine (February 8, 1994)

★ Uzbekistan (July 13, 1994)

Countries that were signatories but became full NATO members on 12 March, 1999

★ Czech Republic (March 10, 1994)

★ Hungary (February 8, 1994)

★ Poland (February 2, 1994)

Countries that were signatories but became full NATO members on 29 March, 2004

★ Bulgaria (February 14, 1994)

★ Estonia (February 3, 1994)

★ Latvia (February 14, 1994)

★ Lithuania (January 27, 1994)

★ Romania (January 26, 1994)

★ Slovakia (February 9 1994)

★ Slovenia (March 30, 1994)

Former members

★ Malta (joined April 26, 1995 ; withdrew October 1996 )

References

1. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia join NATO Partnership for Peace North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
2. Secretary General's Council Welcoming Remarks, Visit by Maltese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Guido de Marco, Wednesday, 26th April 1995 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
3. Malta: History, Geography, Government, and Culture - Infoplease.com Information Please
4. Alliance offers partnership to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
5. Serbia inducted into NATO Associated Press
6. Signatures of Partnership for Peace Framework Document North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

External links

★ NATO Issues: The Partnership for Peace

★ Signatures of Partnership for Peace Framework Document

★ Partnership for Peace Information Management System (PIMS)