Explanatory note

This Order designates Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan as countries to which the Visiting Forces Act 1952 applies.

The Order partially implements, in relation to the countries designated by it, the obligations imposed on the United Kingdom by the Agreement, dated 19 June 1995, made between Member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and those other States which have accepted the invitation to take part in the Partnership for Peace (Miscellaneous No. 12 (1966), Cm 3237). The effect of this Order, together with the Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 1997, is to designate as countries to which the Visiting Forces Act 1952 applies all those States which have accepted the invitation of NATO to take part in the Partnership for Peace and which are parties to the Agreement of 19 June 1995.