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The country deployed 40 soldiers, a three-member military medical team, and two officers under German command to Afghanistan in 2010. Montenegrin peacekeepers were also deployed to Liberia and Somalia. [19] Montenegro has received support for its membership bid from several NATO countries, including Romania, Turkey, Germany and the United States.
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.
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly is made up of legislators from the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance as well as thirteen associate members. It is however officially a structure different from NATO, and has as aim to join deputies of NATO countries in order to discuss security policies on the NATO Council.
Montenegro is a NATO member and a member of Adriatic Charter. [120] [121] The government planned to have the army participate in peacekeeping missions through the UN and NATO such as the International Security Assistance Force. [122] Montenegro is the 35th most peaceful country in the world, according to the 2024 Global Peace Index. [123]
Nato asks every member country to spend at least 2% of national income - also known as GDP - on defence. It is thought that 23 countries met that target in 2024 , compared to only three in 2014. [BBC]
More than 20 NATO members will meet the military alliance's target of spending at least 2% of GDP on defense this year, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. Speaking to the Wilson ...
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 ...
Military alliances shortly before World War I. Germany and the Ottoman Empire allied after the outbreak of war.. This is the list of military alliances.A military alliance is a formal agreement between two or more parties concerning national security in which the contracting parties agree to mutually protect and support one another militarily in case of a crisis that has not been identified in ...