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The first cycle of Macedonia’s Membership Action Plan was initiated in 1999 and in
2008 the Allies agreed that an invitation to join NATO would be extended as soon as
a mutually acceptable solution to the issue over its name has been reached with Greece
within the framework established by the UN. This condition has not yet been fulfilled.
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend
the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) together with his counterparts
from NATO Allies, met NATO’s aspiring members, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia
and Montenegro, on 4 September 2014 during the NATO Summit in Wales to discuss their
progress towards joining the Alliance. At the Summit, the Allies reaffirmed their
continued support for Macedonia’s eventual membership and encouraged them to meet
the established conditions on which their next steps towards NATO depend. The United
Kingdom strongly supports NATO’s Open Door policy on enlargement and welcomes the
membership aspirations of all the countries currently seeking to join the Alliance.
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