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In 1994, it entered NATO's Partnership for Peace, which began Albania's process of accession into the alliance. In 1999, the country received a Membership Action Plan (MAP). [3] The country received an invitation to join at the 2008 Bucharest Summit and became a full member on April 1, 2009.
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 .
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 ...
In April 2008, NATO invited Albania to join the alliance, [30] and in October 2008, US President George W. Bush signed Albania NATO protocols, saying, "The people of Albania and Croatia are helping move the world closer to a great triumph of history — a Europe that is whole, a Europe that is free and a Europe that is at peace."
NATO has its roots in the Atlantic Charter, a 1941 agreement between the United States and United Kingdom. The Charter laid out a framework for international cooperation without territorial expansion after World War II. [ 3 ] The Treaty of Brussels was a mutual defense treaty against the Soviet threat at the start of the Cold War.
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.