Vilnius group

The Vilnius group was a group of NATO aspirant countries, created in May 2000, aiming 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
• Bulgaria¹
• Croatia
• Estonia¹
• Latvia¹
• Lithuania¹
• Macedonia²
• Romania¹
• Slovakia¹
• Slovenia¹

¹/ On March 29, 2004, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia joined NATO.

²/ The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia