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NATO in 2024. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance consisting of 32 member states from Europe and North America.It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949.
The memory of NATO's 1999 bombing campaign of the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and resulting civilian casualties form a crucial part of the opposition to NATO membership in Montenegro. The leading opposition political party, the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro, has remained ambiguous on the question of NATO membership. Although ...
Montenegro is a NATO member and a member of Adriatic Charter. [119] [120] The government planned to have the army participate in peacekeeping missions through the UN and NATO such as the International Security Assistance Force. [121] Montenegro is the 35th most peaceful country in the world, according to the 2024 Global Peace Index. [122]
In June 2017, Montenegro formally became a member of NATO, an eventuality that had been rejected by about half of the country's population and had triggered a promise of retaliatory actions on the part of Russia's government.
Montenegro also began full membership with the Adriatic Charter of NATO aspirants in May 2009. [74] [75] NATO formally invited Montenegro to join the alliance on 2 December 2015, [76] with negotiations concluding in May 2016; [77] Montenegro joined NATO on 5 June 2017. [78]
NATO foreign ministers defied Russian warnings that enlargement of the U.S.-led bloc further into the Balkans would be a provocation. NATO invites Montenegro to join alliance, defying Russia Skip ...
Map of NATO enlargement (1952–present). The history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) begins in the immediate aftermath of World War II.In 1947, the United Kingdom and France signed the Treaty of Dunkirk and the United States set out the Truman Doctrine, the former to defend against a potential German attack and the latter to counter Soviet expansion.
Emerging from World War II, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established by 10 European countries, the United States and Canada to form a bulwark against the communist-ruled Soviet Union.