Partnership for Peace

The Partnership for Peace (English: Partnership for Peace, PfP ) is a 1994 Launched connection to the military cooperation between NATO and 22 European and Asian countries that are not NATO members.

The extent of co-operation can be determined by each participating state itself. Usually it involves joint military exercises and with due regard to NATO standards in obtaining new military equipment. The participation in peace- keeping and peace -making missions NATO is also possible via the PfP. It will include consultation with the NATO threat of a State signatory of the outside. However, the PfP is explicitly not a defensive alliance; the duty to provide assistance remains NATO members only.

Cooperation between NATO and partner countries is coordinated since 1997 in the Euro -Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC ), previously North Atlantic Cooperation Council ( NACC ).

From 8 to September 13, 1996 was held for the first time in Germany on the military training ground with Munster "Cooperative Lantern 96" a command post exercise of the NATO program Partnership for Peace with multinational participation from 18 states instead.

Signatory States

Among the states that have signed the framework document

• The former Soviet republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan
• The former Yugoslav Republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia
• The EU countries, Finland, Ireland, Malta, Austria and Sweden
• The Switzerland

Twelve former signatory states have now joined NATO: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary.