Two countries on the Adriatic Sea — Albania and Croatia —joined on 1 April 2009 before the 2009 Strasbourg–Kehl summit. The next member states to join NATO were Montenegro on 5 June 2017, and North Macedonia on 27 March 2020.

1 day ago · US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the war between Ukraine and Russia “must end,” that Kyiv joining NATO is unrealistic, and that the US will no longer prioritize ...

Of the 32 member countries, 30 are in Europe and two are in North America. Between 1994 and 1997, wider forums for regional cooperation between NATO and its neighbours were set up, including the Partnership for Peace, the Mediterranean Dialogue initiative, and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council.

Mar 11, 2024 · At present, NATO has 32 member countries. These countries, called NATO Allies, are sovereign states that come together through NATO to discuss political and security issues and make collective decisions by consensus. NATO was created by 12 countries from Europe and North America on 4 April 1949.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO / ˈneɪtoʊ / NAY-toh; French: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental transnational military alliance of 32 member states —30 European and 2 North American.

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1 day ago · United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on Feb. 12, 2025.

1 day ago · Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Pre-2014 Borders Is ‘Unrealistic’ In his first trip abroad, the new U.S. defense secretary told allies, including NATO officials, that a durable peace could ...

1 day ago · “But we must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov in ...

1 day ago · He also said it was "unrealistic" to expect Ukraine to return to its pre-2014 borders and downplayed the prospect of Ukraine joining Nato. ... Hegseth also told Nato's European members that they ...