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NATO member states States affected by territorial disputes ( Georgia , Moldova , Ukraine and Japan ( Kuril Islands )) Disputed regions recognised by Russia as either part of its territory or sovereign states ( Abkhazia , Crimea , Donetsk , Luhansk , South Ossetia ), or with de facto indpendent seperatists backed by Russia Transnistria
All members have militaries, except for Iceland, which does not have a typical army (but it does have a coast guard and a small unit of civilian specialists for NATO operations). Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original founding member states.
Some Moldovan politicians, such as former Minister of Defence Vitalie Marinuța, have suggested joining NATO as part of a larger European integration.The current Prime Minister of Moldova, Dorin Recean, supports European Union membership, but not NATO membership, [10] as did his predecessor Natalia Gavrilița, and her Party of Action and Solidarity. [11]
Ukraine continues to claim Crimea as an integral part of its territory, supported by most foreign governments and United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262, [34] although Russia and some other UN member states recognize Crimea as part of the Russian Federation or have expressed support for the 2014 Crimean status referendum.
Sweden and Finland have been formally invited to join the alliance.
Moldova became a member state of the United Nations the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 1992. 1994 saw Moldova become a participant in NATO's Partnership for Peace ...
The warning comes amid increased concerns in Moldova, a small ex-Soviet republic bordering Ukraine, of a possible Russian threat. Russia warns West over threatening its troops in Moldovan region ...
Ukraine borders seven countries: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Russia, and Belarus, following the original borders demarcated by the Soviet Union. [2] [3] The total length of the Ukrainian border is 6,992.98 km (4,345.24 mi). [4] The area of the exclusive economic zone of Ukraine is 72,658 km 2 (28,053 sq mi).