The heads of state and government of the thirty NATO countries attended the family photo at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels.
The summit then kicked off.
"We have new challenges, we have Russia and China.
NATO is very important and if it didn't exist it would have to be invented".
Thus US President
Joe Biden in his bilateral agreement with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
. Biden then praised Article 5, calling it a "sacred obligation" and congratulated Stoltenberg on his leadership. "I want Europe to know that the United States is there," Biden added.
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Our NATO alliance is stronger than ever
. Today I will join our 29 allies to discuss our collective defense, including that of Russian aggression, China's strategic challenges, malicious cyber activities, terrorism and climate change." , tweeted Joe Biden during the NATO summit in Brussels.
"China's growing influence and its international policies may present systemic challenges that we must face together as an Alliance." This is a passage from the conclusions of the NATO summit in Brussels which has just ended.
To adapt NATO to the future we must adapt tools and methods ". Thus the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in a message at the forum of the German Marshall Fund, before the start of the Alliance summit.
" We must respond to new challenges while remaining faithful to the the main purpose is to strengthen the unity of the Alliance, with a cooperation approach, in particular the close collaboration between NATO and the EU "
, highlighted Merkel.
"It is an important day for NATO. As allies we meet in Brussels.
My appeal is for consistency: we clearly reaffirm the values that unite us, the rules and principles that underpin and constitute the strength of our Alliance
", he replies French President Emmanuel Macron.
"We are not entering a new Cold War and China is not our opponent, not our enemy." This was explained by NATO Secretary General Jens
Stoltenberg
during the doorstep organized before the NATO summit, which will begin at 1pm, adding that we must however "face together, as an alliance, the challenges that the rise of China poses to our security".
With China, he continued, we are committed to climate change and arms control but its military structure and its behavior "aimed at" increasing its influence pose challenges to the Atlantic Alliance ".
"I am confident that the leaders of NATO countries agree to invest more together, so that all together we will deliver a strong message of unity," said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. "Today we will share an ambitious agenda," Born 2030 "in which climate security will play an important role for the first time," adds Stoltenberg.
Prime Minister Mario Draghi also at the summit in Brussels.
"This summit is a continuation of the G7, it is part of the reconstruction process and the reaffirmation of the fundamental US alliances that had been weakened by the previous administration," said the premier arriving at NATO headquarters for the Alliance summit. Atlantic. "We are also here for the reaffirmation of the EU. A stronger European Union means a stronger NATO", said Draghi.
North Macedonia is taking part in a NATO summit today for the first time in Brussels
, after joining the Atlantic Alliance in March of last year, becoming its 30th member country. "One for all, all for one, because together we are stronger," Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev wrote on Facebook, who is accompanied by foreign ministers Bujar Osmani and defense Radmila Sekerinska at today's summit. Countries of the former Yugoslavia also include Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro.
"It is important that before seeing Putin" in Geneva, "Joe Biden decided to meet the three Baltic states" on the sidelines of the NATO summit.
"It is a sign that" there is attention to "our concerns about Russia's aggressiveness. We will talk with Biden about the challenges of Moscow, but also about cybersecurity, and hybrid threats. Estonia, with its specialized center, can give a contribution on this aspect ". So Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas at the German Marshall Fund forum before the summit.
"Turkey is at the forefront of fighting terrorism, inside and outside our borders. But unfortunately we have not seen the support and solidarity we hoped to have from our allies.
We have" rather "testified that the circle of terrorist leaders has been supported in every possible way, as if they were legitimate actors ". Thus the Turkish president Recep Tayyip
Erdogan
in a video message to the forum of the German Marshall Fund, on the sidelines of the NATO summit. Erdogan explained that Turkey acts as a "reliable ally", and welcomed in a positive way the "revitalization of the channels of dialogue with Greece".
