The division of Cyprus has remained an intractable political problem plaguing relations between Greece and Turkey, and drawing in NATO, of which both Greece and Turkey are members, and latterly the European Union, which has admitted Greece and Cyprus and which Turkey has been seeking to join for over twenty years.

It came to be used in the debate of the NATO countries in response to Willy Brandt's attempts to normalize relations with East Germany, and the following widespread scepticism in Germany against NATO's Dual-Track Decision.

By keeping very cool relations to NATO, and to western military powers in general, Finland could fend off Soviet preludes for affiliation to the Warsaw Pact.

In July 1997, on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) summit in Madrid, Greek and Turkish leaders reached agreement on six principles to govern their bilateral relations.

During his chancellorship, the West Germany economy grew quickly, and West Germany established friendly relations with France, participated in the emerging European Union, established the country's armed forces ( the Bundeswehr ), and became a pillar of NATO as well as firm ally of the United States.

The Netherlands prioritizes enhancing European integration, maintaining relations with neighboring states, ensuring European security and stability ( mainly through the mechanism of NATO and emphasizing the important role the United States plays in the security of Europe ), and participating in conflict management and peacekeeping missions.

A conservative foreign policy has meant that under Niger's first president and — following military coup — the 1974 – 1991 military government, Niger maintained good relations with the United States, Israel, and NATO governments in general.

In foreign affairs, Trudeau kept Canada firmly in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ), but often pursued an independent path in international relations.

During autumn 1999, following the Kosovo War and the NATO bombing campaign, Đukanović ( who by now firmly held power in Montenegro as Bulatović was completely squeezed out ) drafted a document called Platforma za redefiniciju odnosa Crne Gore i Srbije ( A platform for redefinition of relations within the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ) calling for major changes in the division of governing responsibilities within FR Yugoslavia though still officially seeing Montenegro within a joint state with Serbia.

After the return of democracy following the death of General Franco in 1975, Spain's foreign policy priorities were to break out of the diplomatic isolation of the Franco years and expand diplomatic relations, enter the European Community, and define security relations with NATO, later joining the organisation in 1982.

Furthermore, the General Staff coordinates the military relations of TAF with NATO member states and other friendly nations.

Immediately preceding the NATO bombing campaign of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in spring 1999, the U. S. and most European countries severed relations with Yugoslavia, and the U. S. embassy was closed.

* The improvement in relations between the countries of NATO and the former members of the Warsaw Pact ended the Cold War both in Europe and other parts of the world.

The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council ( EAPC ), a NATO institution, is a multilateral forum created to improve relations between NATO and non-NATO countries in Europe and those parts of Asia on the European periphery.

The foreign relations of Norway are based on the country's membership in NATO and within the workings of the United Nations ( UN ).

Foreign relations of Afghanistan with other NATO members and neighboring or regional countries have also improved under the Karzai adiministration.

ISPS was well suited to describe relations between the inputs and the outputs of the design and quickly became adopted by commercial teams at DEC, as well as a number of research teams both in the USA and in NATO allies.

Karzai's relations with NATO countries is strong, especially with the United States, due to the fact that it is the leading nation helping to rebuild war-torn Afghanistan.

Today, as both countries are members of the European Union and NATO, their relations are largely coordinated through those institutions rather than by the provisions of the many treaties forming the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance.

The government took some limited steps towards the liberalisation of the market, started a privatisation program through management employee buyouts and sought to further relations with the Euro-Atlantic structures ( the EEC / EU and the NATO ).

However, Canadian governments have traditionally maintained active relations with other nations, mostly through multilateral organizations such as the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, La Francophonie and North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ).

Although he is strongly pro-Western and intends to seek Georgian membership of NATO and the European Union, he has also spoken of the importance of better relations with Russia.

Indeed it might be a more appropriate vehicle than NATO for the development of a parliamentary organ of the Atlantic nations, because it could encompass all of the members of the Atlantic community including those, like Sweden and Switzerland, who are unwilling to be associated with an essentially military alliance like Aj.

Fifty lantern slide teaching sets on the subject of `` Emergency War Surgery ( NATO ) '' were assembled and distributed to the Medical Military Services of foreign Governments associated with NATO and South-East Asia Treaty Organization.

Canada alone has been somewhat out of step with the Oslo attempt to get all the allied cars back on the track behind the NATO locomotive.

He was assassinated, probably at the instigation of al-Qaeda, in a suicide bombing on September 9, 2001, just two days before the September 11 attacks that finally caused the US and NATO to intervene in Afghanistan, allying themselves with Massoud's forces.

Ansbach hosts several units of the U. S. armed forces, associated with German units under NATO.

These interventions were meant to put an end to democratic liberalization efforts and uprisings that had the potential to compromise Soviet hegemony inside the Eastern bloc, which was considered by the Soviets to be an essential defensive and strategic buffer in case hostilities with NATO were to break out.

The Eastern leaders retaliated against these steps by integrating the economies of their nations in Comecon, their version of the Marshall Plan ; exploding the first Soviet atomic device in 1949 ; signing an alliance with People's Republic of China in February 1950 ; and forming the Warsaw Pact, Eastern Europe's counterpart to NATO, in 1955.

This goal was rapidly met with great success, as the nation joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004, and held the Presidency of the European Union during the first half of 2009.

NATO adopted the 7. 62x51 NATO round ( which in reality is only slightly different ballistically to the. 308 Winchester and. 303 British cartridges ), along with several rifles such as the FN FAL and M14.

As a result, the focus on more highly trained soldiers equipped with, for example, 7. 62 mm NATO firing rifles, such as the U. S. Marine Corps Designated Marksman Rifle variant of the M14, has increased somewhat.

The Soviets were building nine sites — six for R-12 medium-range missiles ( NATO designation SS-4 Sandal ) with an effective range of and three for R-14 intermediate-range ballistic missiles ( NATO designation SS-5 Skean ) with a maximum range of.

According to NATO, the general role of artillery is to provide fire support, which is defined as " the application of fire, coordinated with the maneuver of forces to destroy, neutralize, or suppress the enemy.

It is often regarded as a one-star rank with a NATO code of OF-6, but is not always regarded as a flag rank.

Its primary tasks are ; NATO participation in accordance with the strategy of the alliance, detect and repel any sovereignty violation of Danish territory ( including Greenland and the Faroe Islands ), defence cooperation with non-NATO members, especially Central and East European countries, international missions in the area of conflict prevention, crises-control, humanitarian, peacemaking, peacekeeping, participate in Total Defence in cooperation with civilian resources and finally maintain a sizable force to execute these tasks at all times.

The alternative majority in these issues was because the Social liberal Party ( Radikale Venstre ) supported the governing majority in economic policy issues, but was against certain NATO policies and voted with the left in these issues.

Nevertheless, Eisenhower initially anticipated that NATO would be a truly European entity, with the American commitment ending after ten years or so.

The military has been prepared to be more compatible with NATO, as co-operation with NATO in peacekeeping is needed, but military alliance does not have popular support.

* NATO and Moldova

Moldova works alongside NATO Allies and Partner countries in a wide range of areas through the Partnership for Peace and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council.

According to NATO, drug trafficking in Moldova is valued between $ 200 million to $ 250 million per year.

The Baltic Defence College ( official acronym BALTDEFCOL, commonly also BDCOL ) is a multi-lateral co-operative military college which educates officers from not only the three Baltic States ( Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ), but also from NATO and EU States and other European States as Ukraine, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and Romania.

NATO members refused to ratify the treaty as long as Russia refused to completely withdraw its troops from Moldova and Georgia soil.

While Russia partially withdrew troops and equipment from Georgia and Moldova, it did not do so completely as requested by NATO.

While Russia partially withdrew troops and equipment from Georgia and Moldova, it did not do so completely as demanded by NATO.