NATO and the Balkans

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• NATO Topic pages : 
  • Peace support operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Peace support operations in North Macedonia
  • Relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Relations with the Republic of North Macedonia (Archived)
  • Relations with Montenegro (archived)
  • Relations with Serbia
  • NATO's role in Kosovo
  • Kosovo Air Campaign (archived)
  • Enlargement
• NATO News :
  • Secretary General stresses NATO’s commitment to stability in the Western Balkans (17 May 2021)
  • NATO Secretary General marks the 25th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement and underscores the importance of continued partnership with Bosnia-Herzegovina (21 November 2020)
  • NATO and North Macedonia strengthen cooperation through consequence management exercise (19 December 2019)
  • Multinational Special Operations Aviation training centre opens in Croatia (11 December 2019)
  • NATO co-funded demilitarization facility re-opens in Serbia (25 September 2019)
  • NATO works with North Macedonia to improve disaster response (11 July 2019)
  • Secretary General in North Macedonia: We are ready to welcome you into the NATO family (3 June 2019)
  • Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee: Croatia plays a vital role in the Alliance (29 May 2019)
  • NATO Secretary General welcomes the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev of North Macedonia (19 March 2019)
  • NATO and Bosnia and Herzegovina sign agreement on protection of classified information  (5 March 2019)
  • NATO Allies sign Accession Protocol for the future Republic of North Macedonia (6 February 2019)
  • Military Committee’s visit to Skopje demonstrates NATO’s strong and continued support towards the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia¹ (7 November 2018)
  • NATO Secretary General: Croatia is a committed Ally (8 October 2018)
  • NATO helps Moldova preserving a healthy environment (28 June 2018)
  • NATO Secretary General commends Croatia for Support to Euro-Atlantic aspirations of Balkan Neighbours (22 February 2018)
  • Skopje's Public Affairs Regional Centre launches new NATO training course on strategic communications and public diplomacy (21 February 2018)
  • North Atlantic Council visits KFOR, confirming NATO’s commitment to K osovo (27 October 2017)
  • NATO Deputy Secretary General discusses partnership between Serbia and NATO in Belgrade (12 October 2017)
  • Director General of the NATO International Military Staff addresses the Black Sea and Balkans Security Forum (13 June 2017)
  • Enhancing civil emergency response in the Western Balkans (28 November 2016)
  • Joint press point with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bakir Izetbegović (9 November 2016)
  • Alliance invites Montenegro to start accession talks to become member of NATO (2 December 2015)
  • NATO Secretary General says KFOR is a success story in the Western Balkans (23 January 2015)
• NATO Briefings :
  • Bringing peace and stability to the Balkans (February 2005)
• NATO Review :
  • Backsliding in the Western Balkans (February 2017)
  • Work in progress: Bosnia 20 years after Dayton (December 2015)
• NATO LibGuides :
  • NATO Partnerships
• NATO Mission in Kosovo (KFOR)
• Kosovo Force (KFOR) Key Facts and Figures (February 2021)
• 20th Anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement and IFOR: Publication by NATO Archives (December 2015)

1. Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.