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title: "Things you need to know about NATO"  
description: "Formed in 1949 with the signing of the Washington Treaty, NATO is a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe."  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-10-11  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1289/things-you-need-to-know-about-nato  
category: "international news"  
tags: ["NATO", "NATO forces", "NATO facts", "international facts", "UN"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Things you need to know about NATO

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