NATO offers Partnership for Peace to Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 29, 2006

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November 29, 2006
Embassy of the United States of America
Belgrade

NATO offers Partnership for Peace to Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina

NATO offers Partnership for Peace to Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina At the NATO Summit in Riga on November 29, the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council invited Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina to join Partnership for Peace. The following is an excerpt from the Council's declaration:

"We firmly believe that Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia can offer valuable contributions to regional stability and security. We strongly support the ongoing reform processes and want to encourage further positive developments in the region on its path towards Euro-Atlantic integration.
"NATO will further enhance cooperation on defence reform with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, and will offer advice and assistance as Montenegro builds its defence capabilities.
"Taking into account the importance of long term stability in the Western Balkans and acknowledging the progress made so far by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, we have today invited these three countries to join Partnership for Peace and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. In taking this step, we reaffirm the importance we attach to the values and principles set out in the EAPC and PfP basic documents, and notably expect Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to cooperate fully with the ICTY. We will closely monitor their respective efforts in this regard."

More information:

Riga Summit Fact Sheet (link: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/76870.pdf)

U.S. Mission to NATO's Riga Summit page (link: http://nato.usmission.gov/Summit/Riga_Summit.asp)
Riga Summit Declaration (link http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/2006/p06-150e.htm)
Title: Alliance offers partnership to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro (link http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2006/11-november/e1129e.htm)