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President Putin must not win this war because that will not only be a tragedy for Ukrainians, but it will also make the world more dangerous, it will send a message to authoritarian leaders all over the world, also in China, that when they use military force, they get what they want.
Found on New York Times 1 year ago
China is substantially building up its military forces including nuclear weapons, bullying its neighbors and threatening Taiwan, trying to control critical infrastructure and spreading misinformation about NATO and the war in Ukraine.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
China is watching closely and learning lessons that may influence its future decisions, china is substantially building up its military forces including nuclear weapons, bullying its neighbors and threatening Taiwan, trying to control critical infrastructure and spreading misinformation about NATO and the war in Ukraine.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
President Putin's goals goes beyond Ukraine, and that's the reason why we need to both provide support to Ukraine as we do, but also strengthen our deterrence and defense not least in the eastern part of the Alliance.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
NATO is going to release its new Strategic Concept laying out how the Alliance will sustain and strengthen transatlantic security in the face of President Putin's aggression as well as other emerging threats. And we'll look ahead to our continuing efforts to fortify our force posture on NATO's eastern flank.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Today, we agreed to do more, including cybersecurity assistance and equipment to help Ukraine protect against biological, chemical, radiological, and nuclear defense, we are determined to do all we can to support Ukraine.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Well, then you have a Democrat, Joe Biden, who's supposed to be a steady hand on foreign policy, unless you actually know what he's done for 40 years in foreign policy, and we see that within the first year of a Democrat administration, you have a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think what we are now faced with is a new normal in European security. We see Russia being willing to contest fundamental values for our security by the use of force and also by the threat of use of force, we have reinforced and implemented the biggest reinforcement of collective defense since the end of the Cold War, with battlegroups in the Baltic region, in Poland, with increased defense spending every year since 2014 and with a higher readiness of the NATO forces.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We have not set any timeline for that, nATO allies have been very clear that it is for Ukraine and 30 NATO allies to decide on membership and not Russia. And second, we have provided over many years significant support to Ukraine.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The most important thing is to prevent a new armed attack on Ukraine, and therefore we support all efforts by NATO allies to find a political solution, and NATO's also ready to sit down in the NATO-Russia Council with Russia. If Russia decides to use force, that may, of course, be a large number of people fleeing Ukraine.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
And that is what makes this situation so dangerous, so we know about their capabilities but of course we don’t know with certainty about their intentions, so it remains to be seen what they will do.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We have the right to ask : Against whom is this expansion intended ?
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I regret to say this is the new normal in Eastern Europe, we do not know what will happen in United States. But the situation has already demonstrated we face a crisis in European security. Moscow has made it clear that it is prepared to contest the fundamental principles that have underpinned our security for decades and do so by using force.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We are waiting for the answer to our proposal to convene a meeting addressing a wide range of important issues for European security.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We have a wide range of options : economic sanctions, financial sanctions, political restrictions.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We have to understand that the purpose of this attack was to change Norway fundamentally. And ... yes, of course, this will be part of Norway's history, it will be part of who we are as long as we exist. But fundamentally, it has not changed who we are.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Shocking scenes in Washington, D.C. The outcome of this democratic election must be respected.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The S-400, the Russian air defense system, it's not possible to integrate into the integrated NATO air defense and missile system, which is about sharing, you know, radar picture, about joint air policing, which is about shared capabilities. And Turkey has not asked for that.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The numbers have gone up like a rocket ship ... and they're going to be going up further, everybody in that room got along and they agreed to pay more and they agreed to pay it more quickly.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We are already seeing the effect of your strong focus on the importance of burden-sharing in the alliance, we agree that allies need to redouble their efforts to meet the pledge we all made in 2014 to invest more in our alliance.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
Solidarity among allies is a key value for NATO, we defend one another. … The United Stateshas always stood by its European allies.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
After the UK decided to leave the European Union I think that NATO has become even more important as a platform for cooperation between Europe and North America but also defence and security cooperation between European NATO allies.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We see fighting, we see turmoil. We see increased presence of (ISIS).
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We are ready to help, but they have to request it – so we will not send in troops and we will not do any activities in Libya at all without a request from the Libyan government. Britain has provisionally offered to contribute 1,000 troops to an Italian-led training mission. Stoltenberg also condemned flyby of Russian warplanes in the Baltic Sea over a US Navy destroyer that took place Monday. He called Russia’s behavior.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It is a very difficult and dangerous situation in Libya, we see fighting, we see turmoil. We see increased presence of (ISIS).
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The more that we see Afghanistan is able to fight corruption, the easier it will be for me and other political leaders to mobilize the necessary political support.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The single most important thing we would like to see is that Afghanistan continue to implement reforms.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If I started to go into all the elements of why we haven't been able to convene a meeting, then I think I would only make it even more difficult to convene one.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We all have to be ready to discuss difficult issues, issues where we disagree.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It will be a timely and significant contribution to NATO's deterrence, and collective defense.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I can confirm that we have seen a substantial build-up of Russian forces in Syria: air forces, air defences, but also ground troops in connection with the air base they have, and we also see an increased naval presence.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I will not speculate on the motives ... but this does not look like an accident and we have seen two of them.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The inauguration of the joint training and evaluation centre will be a significant step deepening further our close cooperation, all these efforts help Georgia to move closer to your aspiration of NATO membership.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We are calling on Russia to stop support for the separatists and to respect the Minsk agreement and to use all its influence on the separatists to make them respect the cease-fire.
Found on FOX News 10 years ago
Our decisions make clear that NATO is determined to defend all allies against any threat, from any direction.
Found on FOX News 10 years ago
In Ukraine, violence is getting worse and the crisis is deepening, russia continues to disregard international rules and to support the separatists with advanced weapons, training and forces.
Found on FOX News 10 years ago
NATO does not possess or NATO doesn’t sell military equipment, that is something the nations are doing or not doing.
Found on Reuters 10 years ago
This pattern is risky and unjustified, so NATO remains vigilant. We are here and we are ready to defend all our allies against any threats, It is a pattern which we have not seen for many years and it is a pattern that reminds us of the way they conducted these kind of military air activities back in the time of the Cold War.
Found on Reuters 10 years ago
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