Vilnius group

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

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:

[edit] See also

  • Adriatic Charter - a similar NATO-aspirant association.
  • Visegrad Group - a former EU-membership aspirant group, now EU regional partnership initiative.
  • GUAM - Geopolitical association of former-soviet countries.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Vilnius Group. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g On March 29, 2004, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia joined NATO.