Adriatic Charter
| File:Adriatic Charter Map.png Green:Members of NATO, Purple:Members not in NATO, Orange:Observer States (United States not shown) | |
| Formation | May 2, 2003 |
|---|---|
| Membership | 6 members |
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
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
Joined 2003
- File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania (NATO member since 2009)
- File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia (NATO member since 2009)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia (NATO member since 2020)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (NATO founder)
Joined 2008
- File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina
- File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro (NATO member since 2017)
Observers
Since 2008
Since 2012
Since 2023
See also
- Vilnius Group - a similar association of NATO-aspirant countries.
References
- ↑ United States Department of State United States Department of State
- ↑ Oliphant, Roland (5 June 2017). "Montenegro defies Russia to join Nato as alliance's 29th member". The Telegraph.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "Kosovo's membership in the Adriatic Charter: What are the odds?".
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "US, Adriatic Charter nations' military leaders reinforce charter commitments during conference".
