Individual Partnership Action Plans (IPAP) are plans developed between NATO and different countries which outline the objectives and the communication framework for dialogue and cooperation between both parties. NATO launched the IPAPs initiative at the 2002 Prague Summit.
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Participation
editIndividual Partnership Action Plans (IPAPs) are in implementation with the following countries:[1]
Georgia (29 October 2004)
Azerbaijan (27 May 2005)
Armenia (16 December 2005)
Kazakhstan (31 January 2006)
Moldova (19 May 2006)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (10 September 2008)
Serbia (15 January 2015)[2]
Armenia,[3][4] Azerbaijan,[5] Kazakhstan,[6] Moldova[7] and Serbia[8][9] have stated they have no current intention to join NATO, but all of them participate in NATO's Partnership for Peace program. Georgia and Ukraine are currently undergoing Intensified Dialogue for NATO membership[10] and Ukraine applied for membership in 2022, while Bosnia and Herzegovina has a Membership Action Plan and is actively working towards joining NATO.[11]
Montenegro had an IPAP with NATO from 20 June 2008 until it acceded to NATO on 5 June 2017.[12]
Ukraine
editUkraine's relationship with NATO is governed by the NATO–Ukraine Action Plan, adopted on 22 November 2002.[13][14] In April 2005, Ukraine entered into Intensified Dialogue with NATO,[15] and during the 2008 Bucharest summit NATO declared that Ukraine could become a member of NATO when it wants to join and meets the criteria for accession.[16] However, under the foreign policy of new President Viktor Yanukovych in 2010, Ukraine announced that it no longer had NATO membership as a goal,[17][18] and passed a law stipulating the country's non-aligned status.[19] Following months of Euromaidan street protests that began because of his refusal to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union in favor of deals from Russia, President Yanukovych was overthrown. In response to the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the deployment of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine in the War in Donbas, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk announced his intentions to resume the bid for NATO membership in August 2014.[20] In December 2014, Ukraine's parliament voted to drop non-aligned status.[21] On 30 September 2022, Ukraine formally applied to join NATO, following Russia's annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine.[22][23]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Individual Partnership Action Plans". NATO. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ "NATO's relations with Serbia". NATO. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "NATO's relations with Armenia". NATO. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Sargsyan: Armenia joining NATO is "not on the agenda"". Euronews interview. 10 October 2008. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ What hampers Azerbaijan to join NATO?, contact.az (15 June 2011)
- ^ "Kazakhstan, NATO, and Russia". 10 July 2000. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Moldova's acting president denies that Moldova plans to leave CIS, enter NATO". Kyiv Post. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "NATO's relations with Serbia". NATO. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Serbia joins with NATO to target surplus munitions". 7 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Press Release (2011) 145". NATO. 7 December 2011.
- ^ "NATO's partnerships". 7 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Relations with Montenegro (Archived)". NATO. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "NATO-Ukraine Action Plan". NATO. 22 November 2002. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "NATO's relations with Ukraine". NATO. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ "NATO launches 'Intensified Dialogue' with Ukraine". NATO. 20 April 2005.
- ^ "NATO confirms readiness for Ukraine's joining organization". 13 April 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Yanukovich vows to keep Ukraine out of NATO". Reuters. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Ukraine drops NATO membership bid". EUobserver. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Yanukovych signs law declaring Ukraine's non-aligned status". Kyiv Post. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Ukraine to seek Nato membership, says PM Yatsenyuk". BBC News. 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Ukraine votes to drop non-aligned status". BBC News. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Zelensky says Ukraine is applying for NATO membership "under an accelerated procedure"". 30 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Balmforth, Tom (30 September 2022). "Ukraine announces fast-track NATO membership bid, rules out Putin talks". Reuters. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.