Adriatic Charter

The Adriatic Charter is an association formed by Albania, Croatia, North Macedonia and the United States for the purpose of aiding their attempts to join NATO.

Adriatic Charter

Green:Members of NATO, Purple:Members not in NATO, Orange:Observer States (United States not shown)
Formation	May 2, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-05-02)
Membership	6 members Albania Croatia North Macedonia United States Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro 3 observers Serbia Kosovo Slovenia

History

The Adriatic Charter was signed on 2 May 2003 in Tirana under the aegis of the United States. The role of the United States has caused some confusion; in discussions in the other member states, the Charter is often called the U.S.-Adriatic Charter. In September 2008 Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina were invited to join the Charter and joined on December 4, 2008.^[1] Serbia accepted observer status at the same time. On 1 April 2009, Albania and Croatia became the first of the group to join NATO. On 5 June 2017, Montenegro joined NATO.^[2] On 27 March 2020, North Macedonia joined NATO.^[3]

Members

Joined 2003

• Albania (NATO member since 2009)
• Croatia (NATO member since 2009)
• North Macedonia (NATO member since 2020)
• United States (NATO founder)

Joined 2008

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Montenegro (NATO member since 2017)

Observers

Since 2008

• Serbia^[4]

Since 2012

• Kosovo^[5][6][7][8]

Since 2023

• Slovenia^[8]

See also

• Vilnius Group - a similar association of NATO-aspirant countries.