Vilnius Group

Map of member countries

The Vilnius Group was an organization of NATO aspirant countries, created in May 2000,[1] aimed at practical cooperation, exchange of information and lobbying for their candidacy in the NATO capitals.

As motto of the Vilnius group was chosen:

While each country should be considered on its own merits, we believe that the integration of each democracy will be a success for us all and the integration of each democracy will be a success for Europe and NATO.

The members were: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.

  1. ^ "Vilnius Group". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. Retrieved 2008-04-22.