Partnership for Peace is a NATO project aimed at creating trust between NATO and other states in both Europe as well as the Asian part of the former Soviet Union. It was created in 1994, soon after the collapse of the former Eastern bloc.

Ten states which were members (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) have sinced joined NATO itself.

Signatories of Partnership for Peace Framework Document

The current members are:

• Albania
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Croatia
• Finland
• Georgia
• Ireland
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Republic of Macedonia
• Moldova
• Russia
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan

The following countries were signatories but became full NATO members on 12 March 1999:

• Czech Republic
• Hungary
• Poland

The following countries were signatories but became full NATO members on 29 March 2004:

• Bulgaria
• Estonia
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Romania
• Slovakia
• Slovenia

External links

• NATO Issues: The Partnership for Peace
• Signatures of Partnership for Peace Framework Document