Poland Joins NATO Fuel Pipeline Network After 25 Years / ਪੋਲੈਂਡ 25 ਸਾਲਾਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਨਾਟੋ ਫਿਊਲ ਪਾਈਪਲਾਈਨ ਨੈਟਵਰਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹੋਇਆ
Poland is set to join NATO’s fuel pipeline network, 25 years after becoming a NATO member — a move seen as vital amid rising tensions on its eastern border with Russia and Belarus.
About NATO Pipeline Network:
Comprises 10,000 km of fuel pipelines across Europe.
Built during the Cold War to supply fuel and lubricants to NATO military bases.
Initially designed when Poland was part of the Warsaw Pact, so the network does not yet extend to Polish bases near Russia and Belarus
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, on May 14, 1955, by the Soviet Union and seven of its Eastern and Central European satellite states.
Dissolved after the end of the Cold War (1991).
Created during the Cold War, it served as the military counterpart and counterweight to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), established by Western nations in 1949.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Founded: 1949 (by the North Atlantic Treaty / Washington Treaty)
Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
Members: 32 countries
Core Principle: Collective Defence under Article 5 — an attack on one member is an attack on all.