Which one of the following countries is a member of both the NATO and the CENTO?

Option A

France was a founding member of The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO) and fully participated in the Alliance from its outset. Paris was home to its first permanent Headquarters in the 1950s and 60s. In 1966, France decided to withdraw from the NATO Integrated Military Command Structures.

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, signed in September 1954.Despite its name, SEATO mostly included countries located outside of the region but with an interest either in the region or the organization itself. They were Australia (which administered Papua New Guinea), France (which had recently relinquished French Indochina), New Zealand, Pakistan (including East Pakistan, now Bangladesh), the Philippines, Thailand, the United Kingdom (which administered Hong Kong, North Borneo and Sarawak) and the United States.