Adriatic Charter
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The Adriatic Charter is an association formed by Albania, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia and United States of America 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 April 1, 2009, Albania and Croatia became the first of the group to join NATO.
Members
Joined 2003
Albania (NATO member since 2009)
Croatia (NATO member since 2009)
Macedonia
United States (NATO founder)
Joined 2008
Observers
Since 2008
Since 2012
Republic of Kosovo[a] (2012 applied for Adriatic Charter membership)[3][4]
See also
- Vilnius ten - a similar association of NATO-aspirant countries.
Notes and references
Notes:
| a. | ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states. |
References:
- ↑ http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/fs/112766.htm United States Department of State
- ↑ Adriatic Charter Expands to Include Montenegro: "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”, Ministry for Kosovo Security Force, 2012-03-29 (in Albanian)
- ↑ Kosovo looking to join the Adriatic Charter
