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The colors of the flag carry cultural, political, and regional meanings. The dark blue field represents the Atlantic Ocean , while the circle stands for unity among the member states of NATO . The compass rose symbolizes the direction towards the path of peace, the goal that member states strive for; it has been updated once.
After the war Norway intensified its cooperation with the United Kingdom and secured support under the US Marshall Plan. [6] At present, Norway which is still a founding member of NATO – falls short of the NATO requirement which states that each country should allocate 2 percent of its GDP towards military expenditure.
Sweden and Finland have been formally invited to join the alliance.
Finland - which has a 1,340km (832 mile) land border with Russia - joined in April 2023. Sweden became a member in March 2024. Having been neutral for decades, they both applied to Nato in May ...
Negotiations in London and Paris in 1954 ended the allied occupation of West Germany and allowed for its rearmament as a NATO member.. Twelve countries were part of NATO at the time of its founding: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Several central and Eastern European countries began marking on Thursday the 20th anniversary of the largest expansion of the NATO military alliance when formerly socialist countries became ...