Vilnius group

Vilnius group

The Vilnius group was a group of NATO aspirant countries, created in May 2000, [cite web|title=Vilnius Group|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia|url=http://www.am.gov.lv/en/security/4494/4509/|accessdate=2008-04-22] 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
* BulgariaOn March 29, 2004, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia joined NATO.]
* Croatia
* Estonia
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Republic of Macedonia
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Slovenia

ee 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.

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