Declaration on NATO Enlargement, May 2014

NATO’s door remains open to any European country in a position to undertake the commitments and obligations of membership, and contribute to security in the Euro-Atlantic area. Since 1949, NATO’s membership has increased from 12 to 28 countries through six rounds of enlargement. Albania and Croatia were invited to join NATO at the Bucharest Summit in April 2008 and formally became members when the accession process was completed on 1 April 2009.

Currently there are four partner countries that aspire for NATO membership: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro.

• Primary Source

NATO: NATO enlargement http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_49212.htm

Wikipedia: Enlargement of NATO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO

Balkan Insight, 23.09.14: NATO Aspirant Montenegro Launches Intelligence Reforms http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/montenegro-reforms-intelligence-to-satisfy-nato

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