Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council - Definition and Overview

The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) is a NATO organization, a multilateral forum created to improve relations between NATO and non-NATO coutries in Europe. The members 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

There are 46 members, the 26 NATO member countries and 20 partner countries.

The partner countries are:

• Albania
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Croatia
• Finland
• Georgia
• Ireland
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Moldova
• Russia
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• The Republic of Macedonia
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan

See also: Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre, OSCE, WEU, UN

External link

• Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (http://www.nato.int/pfp/eapc.htm)
• NATO (http://www.nato.int/)