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Adriatic Charter

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Adriatic Charter
FormationMay 2, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-05-02)
Membership
3 observers

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.

History

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The Adriatic 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

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Joined 2003

Joined 2008

Observers

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Since 2008

Since 2012

Since 2023

See also

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  • Vilnius Group - a similar association of NATO-aspirant countries.

References

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  1. ^ United States Department of State United States Department of State
  2. ^ Oliphant, Roland (5 June 2017). "Montenegro defies Russia to join Nato as alliance's 29th member". The Telegraph.
  3. ^ "It's official: North Macedonia becomes NATO's 30th member". Defense News. The Associated Press. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. ^ 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"
  5. ^ 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)
  6. ^ Kosovo looking to join the Adriatic Charter
  7. ^ "Kosovo's membership in the Adriatic Charter: What are the odds?".
  8. ^ a b "US, Adriatic Charter nations' military leaders reinforce charter commitments during conference".