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1. June 8, 1995. The Azerbaij ani President Heydar Aliyev accepted the Depu-
ty Supreme Allied Commander in Europe General J. McKenzie.
2. February 13, 1997. The Azerbaij ani President Heydar Aliyev met the NATO 
Secretary-General Javier Solana.
3. July 27, 1997. The Azerbaij ani President Heydar Aliyev met the NATO 
Secretary-General Javier Solana in New York.
4. September 30, 1998. The Azerbaij ani President Heydar Aliyev met the 
NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana in Baku.
5. April 25, 2000. The Azerbaij ani President Heydar Aliyev met the Turkish 
Ambassador to NATO Onur Öymen. 
6. April 28, 2000. The Azerbaij ani President Heydar Aliyev met the delega-
tion headed by the Chairman of the Military Committ ee of NATO, Admiral of 
the Italian Navy Guido Venturoni.
7. January 16, 2001. The Azerbaij ani President Heydar Aliyev met the NATO 
Secretary-General Lord George Robertson. 
8. November 13, 2001. The Azerbaij ani President Heydar Aliyev met the 
Commander, Joint Command Southeast, General Oktar Ataman.
9. January 18, 2002. The Azerbaij ani President Heydar Aliyev met the Presi-
dent of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Rafael Estrella and the Secretary-
General of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Simon Lunn. 
10. April 18, 2003. The Azerbaij ani President Heydar Aliyev met the the pres-
ident of the Project on Transitional Democracies, co-chairman of the U.S. Com-
mitt ee on NATO Bruce Jackson.
Meetings of the Azerbaij ani President Heydar 
Aliyev with the Offi
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1. June 23, 2006. The Azerbaij ani President Ilham Aliyev met the NATO Dep-
uty Secretary-General John Colston.
2. November 18, 2005. The Azerbaij ani President Ilham Aliyev met the NATO 
Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia 
Robert Simmons.
3. April 10, 2006. The Azerbaij ani President Ilham Aliyev met the NATO 
Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia 
Robert Simmons.
4. September 9, 2006. The Azerbaij ani President Ilham Aliyev met the NATO 
Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia 
Robert Simmons.
5. March 14, 2007. The Azerbaij ani President Ilham Aliyev met the NATO 
Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia 
Robert Simmons.
6. March 17, 2007. The Azerbaij ani President Ilham Aliyev met Vice-Presi-
dent of the NATO PA Mihail Lupoi. 
7. September 28, 2007. The Azerbaij ani President Ilham Aliyev met the NATO 
Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia 
Robert Simmons.
8. March 7, 2008. The Azerbaij ani President Ilham Aliyev met the NATO 
Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia 
Robert Simmons.
9. April 16, 2008. The Azerbaij ani President Ilham Aliyev met the U.S. Un-
dersecretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Daniel Fata.
10.  June 27, 2008. The Azerbaij ani President Ilham Aliyev met the NATO 
Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia 
Robert Simmons.
11. October 24, 2008. The Azerbaij ani President Ilham Aliyev met the NATO 
Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia 
Robert Simmons.
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A military-political alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization protects 
liberty and security of all its members both politically and militarily, according 
to the principles of the UN Charter. The main principle of the activity of the alli-
ance is the implementation of general liabilities and establishment of cooperation 
among the sovereign states on the basis of indivisibility of the members. NATO 
was established on April 4, 1949, with signing a treaty among the USA, the UK, 
France, Italy, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal, Nor-
way, Denmark and Iceland. Turkey and Greece joined the alliance in 1952, the 
FRG – in 1955, and Spain – in 1982. In 1997, three former communist countries, 
Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Poland, were invited to join NATO, which 
fi nally happened in 1999. Several years later – in 2004 Romania, Bulgaria, Slova-
kia, Slovenia, as well as, former Soviet republics Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia 
joined the organization. Thus, the number of NATO members reached 26. 
The supreme bodies of NATO are the Session of the NATO Council, the De-
fense Planning Committ ee and the Military Committ ee. One of the important 
bodies is the Nuclear Treaty Committ ee as well. The relations with the Euro-
pean countries are coordinated via the European Group within the alliance. 
NATO is chaired by the Secretary General. The main purpose of NATO is en-
suring peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area.  
Information on NATO
Member-States of NATO
Number 
 
Country 
 
 
 
     Membership date
1
USA
1949
2
United Kingdom 
1949
3
France
1949
4
Italy
1949
5
Canada
1949
6
Belgium
1949
7
Netherlands
1949
8
Luxembourg
1949
9
Portugal
1949
10
Norway
1949
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