Explained: What is the significance of India’s talks with NATO? | Explained News,The Indian Express
India held its first political dialogue with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in December 2019. What is this alliance? Why is India's talks with NATO significant? What was revealed in the meeting? What are the next steps?
New Delhi held its first political dialogue with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in Brussels on December 12, 2019, The Indian Express has learnt. Attended by senior officials, including from the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Defence, the idea was to ensure the dialogue was primarily political in character, and to avoid making any commitment on military or other bilateral cooperation.
Accordingly, the Indian delegation attempted to assess cooperation on regional and global issues of mutual interest.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, or NATO, is a political and military alliance of 28 European countries and two countries in North America (United States and Canada).
It was set up in 1949 by the US, Canada, and several western European nations to ensure their collective security against the Soviet Union. It was the US’s first peacetime military alliance outside the western hemisphere.
Thirty countries are currently members of NATO, which is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The headquarters of the Allied Command Operations is near Mons, also in Belgium.
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