Adriatic Charter

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]

Adriatic Charter
FormationMay 2, 2003 (2003-05-02)
Membership
6 members
2 observers

Members

Joined 2003

Joined 2008

Observers

Since 2008

Since 2012

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

Notes and references

Notes:

a. ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as a sovereign state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own territory.

References:

  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
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