Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council

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Image:Flag of NATO.svg The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) is a NATO organization, a multilateral forum created to improve relations between NATO and non-NATO countries in Europe and those parts of Asia on the European periphery. The member states meet to cooperate and consult on a range of political and security issues. It was formed on May 29, 1997 as the successor to the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC) and works alongside the Partnership for Peace (PfP), both created post-Cold War in 1991.

Members

Image:EAPC.PNG There are 46 members, the 26 NATO member countries and 20 partner countries. The partner countries are:

• 5 countries that (though militarily neutral) possessed capitalist economies during the Cold War:

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• 12 former Soviet republics:

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• 3 Balkan nations also on the Eastern side of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War:

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See also

• OSCE
• WEU
• UN

External links

• Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
• History of NATO – the Atlantic Alliance - UK Government site