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NATO was established on 4 April 1949 via the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (Washington Treaty). The 12 founding members of the Alliance were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
When Viktor Yanukovych became Ukraine's president in 2010, he said that Ukraine would remain a "European, non-aligned state", [173] [174] and would remain a member of NATO's outreach program. [175] In June 2010 the Ukrainian parliament voted to drop the goal of NATO membership, in a bill drafted by Yanukovych. [ 176 ]
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.
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 ...
April 4, 1949 - The 12 nations of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France ... of possible retaliation as the Nordic country attempts to strengthen its security following the onset of the war in Ukraine ...
Security organisation founded in 1949 now has 31 members who are set to spend $1.26trn on defence this year. The alliance has a collective military might of 3.5m army personnel to call upon
In 1949, Denmark became a founding member of NATO. Denmark became a member of the European Union in 1973 and signed the Lisbon Treaty in 2007. Denmark was a founding member of European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
With the Soviet occupation of Bornholm, the emergence of what evolved to become the Cold War and with the lessons of World War II still fresh in Danish minds, the country abandoned its former policy of neutrality and became one of the original founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in 1949. Denmark had originally ...