Vilnius Group

The Vilnius Group was an organization of NATO aspirant countries, created in May 2000,[1] aimed at practical cooperation, exchange of information and lobbying for their candidacy in the NATO capitals.

Map of member countries

As motto of the Vilnius group was chosen:

While each country should be considered on its own merits, we believe that the integration of each democracy will be a success for us all and the integration of each democracy will be a success for Europe and NATO.

The members were: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.

NATO accession

On March 29, 2004, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia joined NATO at the 2004 Istanbul summit. Albania and Croatia joined the alliance in 2009. North Macedonia joined the alliance in 2020.

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See also
  • Adriatic Charter - a similar NATO-aspirant association.
  • Vilnius letter
  • Visegrad Group - a former EU-membership aspirant group, now EU regional partnership initiative.
  • GUAM - Political association of former Soviet countries.

Notes
  1. "Vilnius Group". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
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