Moldova joined the Energy Community as a full-fledged member in March 2010. ===Relations with NATO=== NATO relations with Moldova date back to 1992, when the country joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council.
Moldova works alongside NATO allies and partner countries in a wide range of areas through the Partnership for Peace and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. ===Relations with post-Soviet states=== The Moldovan Parliament approved the country's membership in the Commonwealth of Independent States and the CIS charter on economic union in April 1994.
A course for European Union integration and neutrality define the country's foreign policy guidelines. In 1995, the country became the first post-Soviet state admitted to the Council of Europe.
Moldova however has never participated in any military aspects of CIS, citing its neutrality status. In 1998, Moldova contributed to the founding of GUAM, a regional cooperation agreement made up of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova.
Following its interest in full membership, the European Commission was mandated to carry out negotiations with Moldova in 2007.
In December 2009, the Energy Community Ministerial Council decided on the accession, but made it conditional to amendment of Moldova's gas law.
Moldova joined the Energy Community as a full-fledged member in March 2010. ===Relations with NATO=== NATO relations with Moldova date back to 1992, when the country joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council.
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