Georgia's powerful northern neighbor, Russia, has opposed the closer ties, including those expressed at the 2008 Bucharest summit where NATO members promised that Georgia would eventually join the organization.

The visit immediately followed the 2008 Bucharest summit of NATO countries where Croatia and Albania received invitations to join the alliance.

On 3 April, at the 2008 Bucharest summit, NATO announced its support for the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Moldova.

Bosnia then started the process of Intensified Dialogue at the 2008 Bucharest summit.

NATO's invitation to Macedonia was blocked by Greece at the 2008 Bucharest summit.

In April 2008, as Bernier hurriedly departed Couillard's home, he left behind confidential, NATO-related briefing notes; they were from the 2008 Bucharest summit.

In late 2007, Montenegro's Defense Minister Boro Vučinić said that Montenegro would intensify its accession to the alliance after the 2008 Bucharest summit.

The country received an invitation to join at the 2008 Bucharest summit and became a full member on April 1, 2009.

We expect NATO's Bucharest summit in April to present proposals for a joint system, and we expect these proposals to take due account of our specific European security interests.

We thus welcome information about the Bucharest summit, where a decision on the construction of a complementary LTBMD system should be made.