Georgia was formally welcomed as a member of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC) at a ministerial level meeting of the NACC in June 1992. The NACC was established by the Allies in the wake of the end of the Cold War as a forum for dialogue and cooperation with NATO’s former Warsaw Pact adversaries.
Georgian Foreign Minister Alexander Chikvaidze signs the Partnership for Peace Document at NATO HQ, paving the way for the development of a bilateral programme of practical cooperation with NATO. The Partnership for Peace (PfP) is a programme of practical bilateral cooperation between individual Euro-Atlantic partner countries and NATO. It allows partners to build up an individual relationship with NATO, choosing their own priorities for cooperation.
Georgia joins NATO members and other partner countries in establishing the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC). Replacing the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, this new security forum is better suited for the increasingly sophisticated relationships being developed with a wider range of partner countries.
Georgian troops are deployed as part of the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) in 1999. It is the first time Georgia contributes to an international peacekeeping operation.
For the first time, Georgia hosts a multinational military training exercise under the Partnership for Peace Programme in June 2001. Nine NATO nations and six partner countries train together in the Black Sea.
Georgian academic and educational institutions are connected to the internet by the Virtual Silk Highway project. Sponsored by NATO’s Science for Peace programme, this satellite-based network facilitates the exchange of information between academics in the South Caucasus and Central Asia with peers in the rest of the world.
At the NATO Summit in Prague, Georgia declares its aspirations to NATO membership. It also announces its intention to develop an Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with NATO to tighten the focus of cooperation on support for reforms.
A NATO-sponsored Trust Fund project is launched to support the demilitarization of over 300 ground-air defence missiles located at former military bases in Ponichala and Chaladidi, as well as the clean-up of unexploded ordnance over an area of 3,600 hectares at Vaziani.
Georgia deploys a contingent of 100 troops to support the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan in September 2004.
Georgia agrees to allow the Allies and other countries contributing troops to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to send supplies for their forces in Afghanistan through Georgia.
At the Bucharest Summit, NATO leaders agree that Georgia will become a member of NATO. As an alliance based on democratic values, NATO has high expectations of prospective new members. Georgia is expected to pursue wide-ranging reforms to achieve its goal of Euro-Atlantic integration.
At an extraordinary meeting of the North Atlantic Council, NATO Foreign Ministers express deep concern over the armed conflict between Georgia and Russia. They call for a peaceful and lasting solution to the conflict based on respect for Georgia’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The Framework Document establishing the NATO-Georgia Commission is signed and the inaugural meeting takes place in Tbilisi during a two-day visit to Georgia of NATO Ambassadors and Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
A ceremony in Tbilisi marks the start of the implementation of a Trust Fund project to dismantle obsolete missiles. This is the second NATO-sponsored project to support demilitarization in Georgia.
The NATO-Georgia Commission meets for the first time at ministerial level since it was created. Defence ministers talk about NATO’s assistance to Georgia to help it recover from the recent conflict.
A memorandum of understanding on Georgia’s contribution to NATO’s counter-terrorism operation in the Mediterranean is signed by Major General Zaza Gogava, Georgia’s Deputy Minister of Interior and Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Border Police, and Vice Admiral Maurizio Gemignani, Commander of Operation Active Endeavour.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen meets Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and senior government ministers, and officially opens the NATO Liaison Office in Tbilisi.
The practical implementation of a third Trust Fund project with Georgia is launched in October 2010. The aim is to help build capacity for the safe disposal of mines, shells, and other dangerous unexploded munitions. Support is also provided for a rehabilitation centre in the Gori military hospital for victims of explosions.
The North Atlantic Council, led by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, visits Georgia and chairs a meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen praises Georgia’s commitment to NATO and to domestic reforms, as he welcomes President Mikheil Saakashvili to NATO HQ.
Georgia takes part in important meetings involving partners at the NATO Summit in Chicago.
During a visit to Georgia, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen meets with President Mikheil Saakashvili and participates in the annual session of Georgian Ambassadors.
Georgia significantly increases its deployment to Afghanistan in October 2012, making it one of the largest non-NATO contributors to the International Security Assistance Force.
Newly elected Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili addresses the press during a visit to NATO Headquarters in November 2012. He emphasises his government’s commitment to achieve the goal to become a full-fledged member of NATO.
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