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The 2008 Bucharest Summit or the 21st NATO Summit was a NATO summit organized in the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania on 2 – 4 April 2008. [1] [2] Among other business, Croatia and Albania were invited to join the Alliance .
The country received an invitation to join at the 2008 Bucharest Summit and became a full member on April 1, 2009. Royal Navy with Albanian Naval Forces Patrol Boat during NATO Joint exercises. Albania was among the first Eastern European countries to join the Partnership for Peace programme. Albanian politicians considered admission to NATO a ...
Founding members and enlargement. NATO was established on 4 April 1949 via the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (Washington Treaty). The 12 founding members of the Alliance were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [ 4]
Enlargement of NATO. NATO is a military alliance of thirty-two European and North American countries that constitutes a system of collective defense. The process of joining the alliance is governed by Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which allows for the invitation of "other European States" only and by subsequent agreements. Countries ...
NATO member Albania on Monday inaugurated a refurbished Soviet-era air base, the alliance's first in the Western Balkan region. The air base is named after the small town of Kucova, 85 kilometers ...
The foreign relations of Albania are its relations with other governments and peoples. Foreign relations are conducted through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tirana. The current minister is Igli Hasani . The current Ambassador to the United Nations is Ferit Hoxha . Albania is a sovereign country in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean that ...
At the 2008 Bucharest summit, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) invited Albania to join the alliance. In April 2014 Albania became a full member of the NATO. Albania was among the first southeastern European countries to join the Partnership for peace programme.
Since February 2008, Albania has participated officially in NATO's Operation Active Endeavor in the Mediterranean Sea. [188] It was invited to join NATO on 3 April 2008, and it became a full member on 2 April 2009. [189] Albania reduced the number of active troops from 65,000 in 1988 to 14,500 in 2009.