Published September 20,2024
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated Thursday that either side of the Atlantic want one another within the face of rising challenges.
“We have heard voices on both sides of the Atlantic calling for America and Europe to part ways. Focusing on short-sighted national interests over longer-term cooperation will not serve us well,” Stoltenberg stated, talking on the German Marshall Fund occasion “Reflections on a Challenging Decade” in Berlin.
“Isolationism will not keep anyone safe. We live in an interconnected world. Security challenges are too big and competition is too fierce for any country to go it alone,” he added.
Maintaining that solely NATO can guarantee security and peace in Europe, he revealed that 80% of the alliance’s protection spending comes from non-European Union allies.
“It is also about geography. Without Türkiye in the south, Norway in the north, and the US, Canada and the United Kingdom in the west, it is impossible to envisage the security of the European continent,” he added.
He famous that the alliance additionally serves US pursuits as a lot because it does Europe’s.
“No other major power has as many friends and allies as the United States. Any policy that seeks to undermine this is squandering one of America’s greatest assets.”
Turning to the warfare in Ukraine, Stoltenberg stated that supporting Kyiv is the way in which to convey Russia to the negotiation desk, which might result in peace.
“The paradox is that the more weapons for Ukraine we are able to deliver, the more likely it is that we can reach peace and an end to the war. And the more credible our long-term military support, the sooner the war will end,” he added.
Source: www.anews.com.tr