Sunday 27 May 2018

which is the first latin American nation to join NATO?

which is the first latin American nation to join NATO?


Options


1)Columbia

2)Venezuela

3)Peru

4)Brazil




answer

 1)Columbia


Other details

 One year after reaching partnership deal through a peace agreement with South America, Colombia on Friday (local time) has formally joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

 Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced the formalising of its global partner status.

Colombia joined the ranks of Afghanistan, Australia, Iraq, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand and Pakistan.

The announcement was made on the same day that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said that Colombia would be officially invited to join the group.

Colombia is a country at the northern tip of South America.

President: Juan Manuel Santos Trending
Capital: Bogotá
Capital and largest city: Bogotá; 
Currency: Colombian peso

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.

Twelve countries were part of the founding of NATO: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Chairman of the NATO Military Committee: General Petr Pavel, Czech Land Forces

Supreme Allied Commander Europe: General Curtis Scaparrotti, United States Army

Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium

Abbreviation: NATO, OTAN

Founded: 4 April 1949, Washington, D.C., United States


Membership
   
29 states



    Albania
    Belgium
    Bulgaria
    Canada
    Croatia
    Czech Republic
    Denmark
    Estonia
    France
    Germany
    Greece
    Hungary
    Iceland
    Italy
    Latvia
    Lithuania
    Luxembourg
    Montenegro
    Netherlands
    Norway
    Poland
    Portugal
    Romania
    Slovakia
    Slovenia
    Spain
    Turkey
    United Kingdom
    United States




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