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In 2004 the Baltic states - [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], and [[Estonia]] joined NATO, setting up another common border between the Russian Federation and a NATO state. Three years later, at the February [[Putin 2007 Munich Security Council speech|2007 Munich Security Conference President Putin]] said,
In 2004 the Baltic states - [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], and [[Estonia]] joined NATO, setting up another common border between the Russian Federation and a NATO state. Three years later, at the February [[Putin 2007 Munich Security Council speech|2007 Munich Security Conference President Putin]] said,
{{quotebox-float|"I think it is obvious that NATO expansion does not have any relation with the modernization of the alliance itself or with ensuring security in Europe. On the contrary, it represents a serious provocation that reduces the level of mutual trust. And we have the right to ask: Against whom is this expansion intended? And what happened to the assurances our western partners made after the dissolution of the [[Warsaw Pact]]? No one even remembers them."<ref>https://aldeilis.net/english/putins-historical-speech-munich-conference-security-policy-2007/</ref> <ref>https://scheerpost.com/2023/02/19/patrick-lawrence-munich-as-propaganda-fest</ref>}}
{{quotebox-float|"I think it is obvious that NATO expansion does not have any relation with the modernization of the alliance itself or with ensuring security in Europe. On the contrary, it represents a serious provocation that reduces the level of mutual trust. And we have the right to ask: Against whom is this expansion intended? And what happened to the assurances our western partners made after the dissolution of the [[Warsaw Pact]]? No one even remembers them."<ref>https://aldeilis.net/english/putins-historical-speech-munich-conference-security-policy-2007/</ref> <ref>https://scheerpost.com/2023/02/19/patrick-lawrence-munich-as-propaganda-fest</ref>}}
In 2008 NATO said Ukraine and Georgia would become members. Four other [[Eastern Europe]]an states joined NATO in 2009.
In 2008 [[Croatia]] and [[Albania]] were invited to join the Alliance. The [[Republic of Georgia]] and [[Ukraine]] had hoped to join the NATO Membership Action Plan, but, while welcoming the two countries' aspirations for membership and agreeing that "these countries will become members of NATO", decisions were delayed pending further review.
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