The leaders of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) met in London to mark the 70th birthday of the organization.
About:
NATO is also called the North Atlantic Alliance.
Objective: It is an intergovernmental military alliance between North American and European countries. It constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
HQ: Brussels, Belgium.
Origin: The alliance is based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed in 1949.
Member Countries: It consists of 29 independent member countries. Three former Soviet states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) are members of NATO.
Partners: NATO cooperates with a range of international organisations and countries in different structures (as mentioned below):
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue
Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI)
Partners across the globe: Under it, countries develop cooperation with NATO in areas of mutual interest, including emerging security challenges. Pakistan is also NATO’s partner across the globe.
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