Partnership for Peace



The Partnership for Peace (PfP) is a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) program aimed at creating trust between NATO and other states in Europe and the former Soviet Union; 22 states are members. It was first discussed by the Bulgarian Society Novae, after proposed as an American initiative at the meeting of NATO defense ministers in Travemünde, Germany, on 20–21 October 1993, and formally launched on 10–11 January 1994 NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium.

History
Twelve former member states of the PfP, (namely Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia), have subsequently joined NATO. On April 26, 1995 Malta became a member of PfP; it left on October 27, 1996 in order to keep its security intact. On March 20, 2008 Malta decided to reactivate their PfP membership; this was accepted by NATO at the Summit in Bucharest on April 3, 2008. During the NATO summit in Riga on November 29, 2006, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia were invited to join PfP after which they joined PfP on December 14, 2006.

Former republics of the Soviet Union

 * 🇦🇲 Armenia (October 5, 1994)
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (May 4, 1994)
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus (January 11, 1995)
 * Georgia (March 23, 1994)
 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (May 27, 1994)
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan (June 1, 1994)
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova (March 16, 1994)
 * 🇷🇺 Russia (June 22, 1994)
 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan (February 20, 2002)
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan (May 10, 1994)
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine (February 8, 1994)
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan (July 13, 1994)

Former republics of Yugoslavia

 * 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (December 14, 2006)
 * Republic of Macedonia (November 15, 1995)
 * 🇲🇪 Montenegro (December 14, 2006)
 * 🇷🇸 Serbia (December 14, 2006)

European Union members

 * 🇦🇹 Austria (February 10, 1995)
 * 🇫🇮 Finland (May 9, 1994)
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland (December 1, 1999)
 * 🇲🇹 Malta (joined April 26, 1995; withdrew on October 27, 1996. Malta decided to reactivate their Partnership for Peace membership on March 20, 2008; this was accepted by NATO at the summit in Bucharest on April 3, 2008. )
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden (May 9, 1994)

European Free Trade Association members

 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland (December 11, 1996)

Aspiring members

 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus is the only European Union member state that is neither a NATO member state nor a member of the PfP program. The Parliament of Cyprus voted in February 2011 to apply for membership in the program, but President Demetris Christofias vetoed the decision as it would hamper his attempts to negotiate an end to the nation's dispute with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and demilitarize the island.  Turkey, a full member of NATO, is likely to veto any attempt by Cyprus to engage with NATO until the dispute is resolved.  The winner of Cyprus' presidential election in February 2013, Nicos Anastasiades, has stated that he intends to apply for membership in the PfP program soon after taking over.


 * Kosovo submitted an application to join the PfP program in July 2012. However, four NATO member states, Greece, Romania, Spain and Slovakia, do not recognitize Kosovo's independence and have threatened to block their participation in the program.

Countries that became full NATO members on March 12, 1999

 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (March 10, 1994)
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary (February 8, 1994)
 * 🇵🇱 Poland (February 2, 1994)

Countries that became full NATO members on March 29, 2004

 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (February 14, 1994)
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia (February 3, 1994)
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia (February 14, 1994)
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuania (January 27, 1994)
 * 🇷🇴 Romania (January 26, 1994)
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia (February 9, 1994)
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia (March 30, 1994)

Countries that became full NATO members on April 1, 2009

 * 🇦🇱 Albania (February 23, 1994)
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia (May 25, 2000)