Eng. / Fr. / Ru. /NATO-Georgia relations date back to 1992, when Georgia joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (later renamed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in 1997), upon gaining independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Cooperation deepened and broadened after Georgia joined the Partnership for Peace programme inn 1994 and the PfP Planning and Review Process (PARP) in 1999.
After the “Rose Revolution” in 2003, the focus on supporting Georgia’s domestic reform process intensified, in particular through the development of the Georgia’s first IPAP with NATO in 2004. Georgia was granted an Intensified Dialogue on membership aspirations in September 2006. At their Summit in Bucharest in April 2008, NATO leaders agreed that Georgia would become a member of the Alliance, and launched a period of intensive engagement with Georgia to address questions still outstanding pertaining to Georgia’s Membership Action Plan (MAP) application. Future decisions on when Georgia will move to the MAP stage and eventually to membership will be based on Georgia’s performance in implementing key reforms laid out in the IPAP.
| 1992 | Georgia joins the newly created North Atlantic Cooperation Council, renamed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in 1997. |
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| 1994 | Georgia joins the Partnership for Peace (PfP), a programme aimed at increasing security and defence cooperation between NATO and individual Partner countries. |
| 1995 | Georgia signs the PfP Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the NATO and Partner countries |
| 1997 | Georgian Parliament ratifies the SOFA agreement |
| 1999 | Georgia joins the PfP Planning and Review Process |
| Georgia starts contributing peacekeepers to the Kosovo Force (KFOR). | |
| 2001 | Georgia hosts a multinational PfP military training exercise “Cooperative Partner 2001” |
| 2002 | Georgia is connected to the Virtual Silk Highway. |
| Georgia hosts a multinational PfP military training exercise “Cooperative Best Effort 2002”. | |
| Georgia declares its aspirations to NATO membership and its intention to develop an Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with NATO | |
| 2003 | A NATO/PfP Trust Fund project is launched with Georgia to support the demilitarization of ground-to-air defence missiles |
| 2004 | Georgia participates in ISAF’s election security force in Afghanistan. |
| Georgia becomes the first country to agree an IPAP with NATO. | |
| At the Istanbul Summit, Allied leaders place special focus on the Caucasus – a special NATO representative and a liaison officer are assigned to the region. | |
| 2005 | NATO and Georgia sign a transit agreement allowing the Alliance and other ISAF troop-contributing nations to send supplies for their forces in Afghanistan through Georgia. |
| Georgia opens an information centre on NATO with the support of NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division. | |
| 2006 | NATO offers an Intensified Dialogue to Georgia. |
| 2007 | Georgia hosts a NATO/PfP air exercise, “Cooperative Archer 2007”. |
| 2008 | At their Summit in Bucharest, NATO leaders agree Georgia will become a member of NATO once it has met the technical requirements of membership. |
| In August, the Allies expressed deep concern over the armed conflict between Georgia and Russia, calling for a peaceful and lasting solution to the conflict based on respect for Georgia's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. They agreed to support Georgia’s recovery in a number of areas and also proposed the establishment of a NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC) to supervise the process set at hand at the Bucharest Summit and to oversee the implementation of support measures. |
