NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European states, the United States, and Canada. 

Founded: 4 April 1949, Washington, D.C., United States

NATO is considered the most powerful alliance in the whole world. But an alliance is based on its 30 allied and their partner nations to support missions and operations.

The NATO means NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANISATION

Nato - the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - is a military alliance. It was formed in 1949 by 12 countries, including the US, UK, Canada and France. Members agree to come to one another's aid if they come under armed attack.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, /ˈneɪtoʊ/; French: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European states, the United States, and Canada.

NATO is a group of 30 member countries that agree to work together to ensure the security of the Northern Atlantic area. “NATO's purpose is to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means,” according to its website.

Relations between the NATO military alliance and the Russian Federation were established in 1991 within the framework of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council. In 1994, Russia joined the Partnership for Peace program, and through the early-2010s, NATO and Russia signed several additional agreements on cooperation.

The Russia–NATO Council was established in 2002 for handling security issues and joint projects.^[4] Cooperation between Russia and NATO now develops in several main sectors, including: fighting terrorism, military cooperation, cooperation on Afghanistan (including transportation by Russia of non-military International Security Assistance Force freight (see NATO logistics in the Afghan War), and fighting the local drug production), industrial cooperation, and weapons non-proliferation.^[5]

On 1 April 2014, NATO unanimously decided to suspend all practical co-operation with the Russian Federation in response to the Annexation of Crimea, but the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) was not suspended.^[6] On 18 February 2017, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov said he supported the resumption of military cooperation with the NATO alliance.^[7] In late March 2017, the Council met in advance of a NATO Foreign Ministers conference in Brussels, Belgium.^[8]

In October 2021, following an incident in which NATO expelled eight Russian officials from its Brussels headquarters, Russia suspended its mission to NATO and ordered the closure of NATO's office in Moscow.^[9][10]

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NATO Secretary General visits Washington D.C.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is visiting Washington D.C. to discuss the implications of Russia’s war in Ukraine and preparations for the NATO summit in Madrid with senior US officials. He will meet President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.