Kosovo–NATO relations

Kosovo–NATO relations

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The Republic of Kosovo and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) do not have official bilateral relations. In 1999, NATO conducted a bombing campaign against Yugoslav forces to halt their ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians. Since then, NATO has maintained the Kosovo Force in the country.

Since its independence in 2008, the leadership of Kosovo has repeatedly expressed its desire to join NATO, while public opinion in Kosovo overwhelmingly favors NATO membership. However, four out of NATO's 32 member states do not recognize Kosovo as a sovereign state—Greece, Romania, Slovakia, and Spain—impeding accession.

Kosovo's application to join NATO's Partnership for Peace has been pending since 2012.

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