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:
- Albania
- Bulgaria[2]
- Croatia
- Estonia[2]
- Latvia[2]
- Lithuania[2]
- Republic of Macedonia
- Romania[2]
- Slovakia[2]
- Slovenia[2]
[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.