Serbia–NATO relations

Since 2015, the relationship between Serbia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been regulated in the context of an Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP).

However membership in the military alliance remained highly controversial, because among political parties and large sections of society there were still resentments due to the bombings in 1999.

Although current Serbian priorities do not include NATO membership, the Alliance offered Serbia an invitation to enter the intensified dialogue programme in 2008 whenever the country was ready.

[9] On 1 October 2008, Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Šutanovac signed the Information Exchange Agreement with the NATO, one of the prerequisites for fuller membership in the Partnership for Peace programme.

[15][16] Following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, several neutral states reconsidered their alignment, including Finland and Sweden which applied for NATO membership.

Map of Europe with countries in six different colors based on their affiliation with NATO as follows:
NATO member countries
In the process of accession
Promised invitations
Membership is not the goal
Have not announced their membership intentions
NATO members and partners in Europe
NATO members
Membership Action Plan countries
Intensified Dialogue countries
Individual Partnership Action Plan countries
Partnership for Peace members
Aspiring Partnership for Peace members
Neću NATO ( lit. ' I do not want NATO ' ) anti-NATO signs, 2011