PARP
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The Partnership Action Plan on Defense Institutions Building (PAP-DIB) was launched on June 28, 2004 during the NATO Istanbul summit. "We have launched today a Partnership Action Plan on Defence Institution Building. We encourage and support Partners to make full use of this new instrument to build democratically responsible defence institutions" - states the Istanbul Summit Communiqué issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council.
PAP-DIB is an integral part of the Partnership for Peace. It is focused on the implementation of democratic institution building in the defence and security sphere.
Montenegro Signs NATO’s PfP Status of Forces Agreement
On December 12 2008 at a ceremony at the Department of State, Montenegrin Ambassador to the United States Miodrag Vlahovic signed NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for which the United States is the depositary government. Montenegro was invited to join Partnership for Peace at the NATO Summit in Riga in November 2006. The SOFA provides certain protections for Montenegrin forces in other NATO Partner countries.
The signing of this agreement is another welcome indication of Montenegro’s growing integration into the Euro-Atlantic community.
