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Monday, April 25, 2005
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Romania - NATO
Chronology of key events
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1990
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July 1990 – the Prime Minister of Romania, Mr Petre Roman writes a letter to NATO's Secretary General, Mr. Manfred Worner, inviting him to visit Romania . The letter also suggests the accreditation of a Romanian Ambassador to NATO.
October 1990 – the Romanian Ambassador to Belgium is authorised to initiate diplomatic relations with NATO.
October 1990 – the Romanian Prime Minister meets NATO Secretary General in Brussels
December 1990 - Romanian military Chief of Staff visits NATO Headquarters in Brussels , meets the NATO Secretary General and the permanent military representatives of the NATO member states. |
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1991
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July 1991 – NATO Secretary General Manfred Wörner visits Romania .
October 1991 - Romanian President Ion Iliescu sends a message to the NATO Secretary General stating Romania 's willingness to engage in close cooperation with NATO, as the only organisation capable, politically and militarily, to ensure the stability and security of the emerging European democracies.
December 1991 – Romanian Foreign Minister attends the first meeting of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC). He proposes an intensification of cooperation with NATO. |
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1992
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| February 1992 - NATO Secretary General Manfred Wörner visits Romania . The Euro-Atlantic centre is inaugurated. |
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1993
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February 1993 – President Ion Iliescu visits NATO Headquarters. Romania 's desire to integrate into the Euro-Atlantic structures is reaffirmed.
October 1993 - US Deputy Defence Secretary visits Bucharest and presents the US proposal on the setting up of a Partnership for Peace. |
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1994
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January 1994 - Romania is the first post-communist country to join the Partnership for Peace programme (January 26, 1994); its individual programme is signed in May 1995. |
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1995
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| October 1995 - Romania signs the "Status of Forces Agreement" between NATO members and the participants to PfP. |
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1996
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May 1996 - NATO Secretary General Javier Solana visits Romania .
June 1996 – The Romanian Parliament adopts an appeal to the Parliaments of the NATO member states requesting support for Romania 's aspirations to become a NATO member and underlining the domestic political consensus regarding this foreign policy goal. |
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1997
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February 1997 - Romanian President Emil Constantinescu meets the members of the North Atlantic Council and NATO Secretary General Javier Solana in Brussels , underlining Romania 's strong desire to join NATO.
April 1997 – the Romanian Parliament unanimously approves a message to the 16 NATO members, calling for support for a favourable decision, at the Madrid Summit, on Romania 's NATO membership.
July 1997 - NATO holds its "enlargement" summit in Madrid ; the Alliance decides to invite the Czech Republic , Hungary and Poland to join the Alliance ; the final communiqué confirms that the process of enlargement will continue; the text nominates Romania among the candidate countries which have made significant progress in fulfilling the NATO membership criteria. |
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1998
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April 1998 - NATO Secretary General Javier Solana pays an official visit to Romania .
October 1998 – The Romanian Parliament approves NATO's request that aircraft of the Alliance may use the country's air space for possible military action against Yugoslavia , in "urgent and exceptional situations" only. |
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1999
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February 1999 - Military from Romania and the USA put into operation an air traffic monitoring centre covering, besides Romanian territory, the neighbouring areas also.
March 1999 – Following a NATO request, Romania closes three airports in the west of the country - Timisoara , Arad and Caransebes - till the end of the operations of the Alliance against Yugoslavia .
April 18 - NATO requests Romania to open its air space to Allied aircraft.
April 20 - Romania 's Supreme Council for the Defence of the Country (CSAT) and the Government consent to the opening of Romania 's air space to Allied aircraft.
April 22 – The Parliament authorises NATO aircraft to use Romanian air space during the operations in Yugoslavia .
April 23-25 - NATO summit in Washington; countries mentioned as candidates for future NATO enlargement are Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia; NATO presents the Membership Action Plan (MAP) which forms the basis of the individual assessment of the candidate countries.
May 1999 – The Ministry of Defence confirms that NATO air force may use Romanian airports during its operations in Yugoslavia .
May 1999 - Representatives of the Romanian Government and NATO sign an agreement on the conditions under which Allied aircraft will be able to use Romanian air space.
June 17, 1999 - Romanian Parliament approves by a majority of votes a request by President Emil Constantinescu that Polish and Czech contingents of international peacekeeping units for Kosovo (KFOR) be allowed to transit Romanian territory during their transfer to Yugoslavia .
July 1999 - NATO Secretary General Javier Solana visits Romania . |
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2000
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February 2000 - NATO Secretary General George Robertson visits Bucharest .
June 2000 - New Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Joseph Ralston visits Romania . |
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2001
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May 2001 - The North Atlantic Council – Romania meeting aimed at reviewing progress made in fulfilling the objectives of the Annual National Plan of Preparation for NATO Membership, second cycle.
May 2001 – EAPC Ministerial Meeting, Budapest
September 2001 - Parliament decides with an overwhelming majority that Romania will participate, as a de facto NATO ally, in the war against international terrorism, through all means, including military ones. In the event of a NATO request to such effect, Romania will grant access to its airspace, airports, land and sea facilities.
December 2001 , EAPC Ministerial meeting, Brussels .
December 2001, NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson visits Bucharest . |
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2002
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January 2002 - Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Joseph Ralston visits Romania , noting the progress made in the reform of the military.
March 2002 – The "Spring of New Allies" summit of the NATO candidate countries takes place in Bucharest .
April 2002 – The North Atlantic Council – Romania meeting. The latest progress made by Romania in fulfilling the objectives of Annual National Plan of Preparation for NATO Membership, third cycle, is reviewed. The Romanian delegation is led by the Prime Minister, Mr Adrian Nastase.
April 2002- Meeting between President Ion Iliescu and NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson, in Brussels .
May 2002 – EAPC Ministerial meeting in Reykjavik .
November 21, 2002 – NAC Ministerial Meeting in Prague – Romania is invited to start accession talks
November 22, 2002 – EAPC Ministerial Meeting in Prague
December 13, 2002 – First round of Romania 's accession talks with NATO takes place in Brussels . The Romanian delegation to the accession talks is led by Mr. Mihnea Motoc, state secretary |
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2003
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January 9, 2003 – Second round of Romania 's accession talks to NATO takes place in Brussels
January 27 – 29, 2003 – NATO's experts teams on defence, security and economic affairs visit Romania
February 18, 2003 – SPC(R) + Romania meeting takes place in Brussels . Romania 's timetable for reforms is addressed
March 3, 2003 – NATO secretary general, Lord George Roberston visits Romania
March 21, 2003 – Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister writes to NATO secretary general, confirming Romania 's willingness and ability to meet the obligations and commitments of membership. Romania 's reforms calendar is attached to this formal letter.
March 26, 2003 – Rumanian Foreign Minister participates in the Signing Ceremony of the Accession Protocols, in Brussels
April 4-5, 2003 - Informal meeting of the Prime Ministers of the seven NATO invitees takes place in Snagov
May 7, 2003 – NAC+7 meeting in Brussels
May 7-8, 2003 – Foreign ministers of the seven NATO invitees attend US Senate vote on the resolution of ratification of the Accession Protocol
May 8, 2003 – US Congress ratifies accession protocols
May 19, 2003 – US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz calls on Romania
May 20-22, 2003 – Vilnius and NATO member states parliament speakers convene
June 3-4, 2003 – NAC and EAPC Foreign ministers meeting in Madrid
June 12-13, 2003 – Defence ministers meeting in Brussels
July1-3, 2003 – Final conference in preparation of the 2003 NATO/PfP DACIA Exercise on civil defence
July 7-12, 2003 – Norwegian Defence Ministers pays visit to Bucharest
July 25, 2003 – Hand-over ceremony of the chairmanship of the South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial Coordination Committee (SEDM-CC) and of the Political-Military Steering Committee (PMSC) of the Multinational Peace Force South-Eastern Europe (MPFSEE) and of the command of the SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE BRIGADE SEEBRIG multinational force, and ceremony for the re-location of the SEEBRIG Headquarters to Constanta, event attended by Admiral Gregory Johnson, chief of Allied Forces Southern Europe AFSOUTH.
August 4-5, 2003 – Official visit of the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, General James L. Jones, to Romania . |
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2004
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| 29 March 2004 Prime Minister Adrian Nastase handed over the Romanian instruments of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty to US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who accepted them on behalf of the United States, which is the depository nation for the Treaty. |
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The Event: SEEF 2004
