Istanbul Cooperation Initiative
- Istanbul Cooperation Initiative
The Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) is an initiative launched during NATO's 2004 Istanbul summit.
During this summit, NATO leaders decided to elevate the Alliance’s Mediterranean Dialogue to a genuine partnership and to launch the ICI with selected countries in the broader region of the Middle East. [NATO, "NATO elevates Mediterranean Dialogue to a genuine partnership, launches Istanbul Cooperation Initiative", June 29, 2004, [http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2004/06-june/e0629d.htm] ] The initiative is an offer to engage in practical security cooperation activities with states throughout the Greater Middle East. [WHITE HOUSE, "Fact Sheet: The Istanbul Cooperation Initiative ", June 2004, [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040628-2.html] ] This new initiative stands alongside NATO's Partnership for Peace Program and the Mediterranean Dialogue. NATO itself regards these security cooperation partnerships as a response to the new challenges of the 21st century and as a complement to the G8 and U.S.-EU decisions to support calls for reform from within the Broader Middle East region. The ICI offers practical cooperation with interested nations in the Greater Middle East in such areas as:
* Counter-WMD;
* Counterterrorism;
* Training and education;
* Participation in NATO exercises;
* Promoting military interoperability;
* Disaster preparedness and civil emergency planning;
* Tailored advice on defense reform and civil-military relations; and
* Cooperation on border security to help prevent illicit trafficking of drugs, weapons, and people.
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