we stand together in nato.21, nato leaders added a clause to their agreements stating that strengthening nato's cooperation with the members of the mediterranean dialogue forum should be based on two pillars: political dialogue and practical cooperation. in this ongoing. in war, although some allies are ready to provide political and practical assistance to israel, the coalition itself will never participate in the fight against hamas. nato's role in this war is mostly limited to intelligence cooperation and detecting terrorist threats for its allies. in this tragic hour, we must all redouble. our efforts to protect civilians from the fury of this war. this horror calls for a united response from us, as human beings, as defenders of a free world, as europeans where hate, terror and racism have no place. europe stands with israel in this dark moment. although most nato members vote to support israel in this war during their meeting, they're under public pressure to defend palestinian civilians and are also conce

israel's entry into nato. one such example was jose maria aznar, the prime minister of spain. aznar, unlike some europeans, believe that nato should... ensure the security of the entire western world and promote democracy and freedom, therefore he believed that israel, australia and japan should be invited to nato. however, despite all these differences of opinion, nato had a clause in its article 10 that if israel were made a permanent member, its rules would be violated. nato's article stated that member states must be european. since israel was not european, all its membership equation. would be disrupted. additionally, one of the conditions for joining nato was that the applicant country should not have any border disputes. israel, which had been grappling with this issue for years and had planned wars over it, had no intention of stopping the war and permanently demarkating its borders. despite the fact that the us was distancing itself from strengthening the relationship between nato and israel, everyone

and then nato is dead. so nato is dead.hat does nato exist for if not to protect the territory of its member states? including a city of 50,000 people in estonia and not only when estonia is under full-scale attack. as you just mentioned, you are describing negotiations, that is, consultations at the government level, at the nato level, also in germany, after all, in these countries, on the eastern flank of nato, their troops are already there. there are also nato units there, albeit small ones, including a brigade from germany in lithuania. what is the order of action in this case? it can be done relatively quickly to start moving, but then they have to deploy troops, depending on where they are moving from, they have to overcome a certain geographical distance. if russia sets up a naval blockade, it will take even longer, they will have to break through the naval blockade, then a full-scale war will begin. let's go back to my question: automatic or non-automatic, do you think it is possible that if nato... washes hands, w

or in nato territories. so yeah, we see that they are there. and of course, it raises some kind of thought when you're airborne. but our mission there isn't to counter those threats it's to make nato service mission to just intercept aircraft. we're aware, but it's not too stressful, i would say. i wasn't really sure what to expect when i came down here because as a full member, you have to be adapted, integrated to nato fully. but i must say, together with the polish host nation support and also uk, it's been really fast transition into nato and i think the cooperation has been really good. you must have been in your element. why is this happening now? i totally was. and there are joint belarusian training exercises going on this year, we highlighted that a few weeks ago. and basically, you know, that build-up, one of the courses of action that we spoke about was how does nato counter that build up? because historically when russia builds up, it either does something like drudge crimea or invade ukraine. i

or in nato territories. so, yeah, we see that they are there. and of course, it raises some kind of thought when you're airborne. but our mission there isn't to counter those threats. it's to make nato solve its mission to just intercept the aircraft. we're aware, but it's not too stressful, i would say. i wasn't really sure what to expect when i came down here because, as a full member, you have to be integrated to nato fully. but i must say, together with the polish host nation's support and also uk, it's been a really fast transition into nato and i think the cooperation has been really good. you must have been in your element. so why is this happening now? i totally was. and, um, there are joint belarusian-russian training exercises going on this year. we highlighted that in the security brief a few weeks ago. and basically, you know, that build-up... one of the courses of action that we spoke about in the security brief was, how does nato counter that build-up? because, you know, historically, when russ

this region was more important to nato.nato intends to present to the southern mediterranean countries. the security of nato member countries is closely linked to the security of the mediterranean and the middle east region. nato, mediterranean dialogue and istanbul cooperation initiative countries aspire for the same objectives: peace, security and stability. nato wants to establish stability in this region at any cost, this region is a crucial passage way for the east and the west, supplying 65% of europe's oil and natural gas. the daily passage of 3 energy resource. ships through the mediterranean was not a trivial matter for their europeans who would do anything to bring mediterranean countries to the negotiating table. from nato members perspective, the first practical step was to engage in dialogue with the countries in this region, but which countries should be chosen? nato leaders reviewed the list of countries. they believe the country selected for the first round of talks should have a moderate policy towards the

but of course, this is a crucial time for nato. nato is facing a lot of challenges from outside the alliance with the war rushes war on ukraine, still raging. and of course, the big challenges inside to be alliance with the you as a still committed to the alliance as they say. but thinking about reducing their role in the nato. so all of the topics are here probably on the agenda today. gentle amounts, of course, is from a different party than his predecessor all off sholtes chancellor. match is from the central right off schultz from the center left, and they're just very different people has because politic mats given any indication of the software of how she plans to approach germany's role in data as well. i think that's what he has to say earlier this year, shortly after the german parliamentary or the election. that cost headlines made headlines across europe and across course, across the alliance when ford wish match a sets that he's assessment is that you as a doesn't care about to europe, that there are not so interested in europe, that it's up to the europeans to do more for day to

wants to join nato until they realize that georgia wants to join nato.ct, the arrival of the soviets and abkhazia involved in a tension, separating them from georgia and that is the main condition for a country to join nato. by claiming that these territories are russian-occupied, they are russian-speaking , they took these commitments from ukraine during the first war in ukraine in 2014, that they should have more support from the ukrainian government , and this became an excuse , but in essence, the issue of non-integration. it was ukraine and they took this condition from ukraine that they should not join nato. now, russia is expanding to maintain its long-term survival and to have the tools of power against europe, which is a tool in the hands of america. nato to the east should be able to manage this playing field for itself well . there are even whispers that they will carry out a larger operation in the coming summer. recently, the map was published and mr. medvedev also made a review of that map , which practically left a small corner of western

and then nato is dead. and therefore nato is dead.t does nato exist for if not to protect the territory of its member states, including a city of 50,000 people in estonia and not only when estonia is under full-scale attack. as you just mentioned, you are describing negotiations, that is, consultations at the government level, at the nato level, also in germany and yet, because in these countries on the eastern flank of nato there are already their troops. there are also nato units there, albeit small ones, including in lithuania, a brigade from germany. what is the procedure in such a case? will they all wait for hours for the order to come from brussels? you also write that it will take 10 days to deploy 100,000 troops, but that will never work. shouldn't they attack automatically? such automatism does not exist. the armed forces will always wait for the order, and that is exactly what happens in my scenario: the order does not come because the politicians are not sure what is really happening, whether it's a limited action, whether

, nato agreements. assuming that what we are producing is a sixth generation of fighter jets, which means we are using new technologies where nato standardization yet does not exist. so japan will be in the process of shaping new nato standardization in the context of that. this is a new thing. there are interesting developments between japan and nato, japan and european countries. but the point here is that it is a cooperation between u.s. allies in europe and in the pacific region. the importance of that, i believe, will increase in the coming years. >> thank you. precisely that horizontal cooperation that i was alluding to that started before but is starting to get more as we go more. if you want to step in afterward also on the nato cooperation in that context, please do so. let me conclude the first round with going south. sorry to say. i was actually happy to hear tom mentioning the global south, not aligned movements. you have been focusing on southeast asia. it is a region that is very dear to m

the nato alliance. it's a special anniversary that could be caused for a fair deal of celebration source, but at nato headquarters. it seems like nobody is really in the mood for festivities, given the major challenges nato faces. i mean, the say we were to meet here again a year from now. well, nato still be around the course. that's what makes you so sure. not to have to sons. nato has steered clear the number of pitfalls in the past. i see it is currently in rough water is no doubt about it and faces external challenges and before the from geo political developments and especially from russia and it's behavior and think about and it is also being tested internally, which you can get a sense of here at the headquarters as to what we can and will need to deal with it to the most money to get the, the final 70 years ago, re arming west germany and join a nato were initially like controversial issues at home and reported to us. but after just a short period of time that the majority will end up supportin

nato selects egypt.ion for years, was naturally a barrier to normalizing relations between the west and the islamic world. february 2005, the red sea. it has been four years since israel signed a security pact with nato. this pact, by providing the necessary framework, takes on the responsibility of protecting classified information and exchanging it when necessary. in 1987, israel was designated as a major non-nato ally through the efforts of ronald reagan, the president of the united states. together, we also share a commitment to create better lives for all peoples of the world. is...

as for nato is expansion policy. we don't believe that automatic expansion leads to the solution of modern problems. when was it created? when there was a confrontation between 2 blocks, when there was an evil empire in the form of the soviet union, at least then it was clear what nato was created for. today there's no soviet union and there's no eastern block, and there's no warsaw pact who does need to exist against a of the like you just say as things were russia and they said we had have a buffer zone between them. everyone seemed happy in that was that so why go and upset every day, the story stability and balance, and the higher the risk of conflicts, which 18 years ago is exactly what makes, who did made so, welcomes ukraine's and george's euro atlantic aspirations for membership. and they, so we agreed today that these countries will become members of nato. suddenly, russia is being told that american european rockets and tags and, and potentially even nukes are going to appear on the board, is great, then ge

and nato brought stability. but you will know what they sometimes say of you, sir - they sometimes say, "look, president biden warned us "about this invasion of ukraine." he did. "he led the west in standing up to putin." he did that. but they sometimes say that you didn't have the courage to go all the way to let ukraine win. you let them stop the invasion, but you didn't give them the weapons they needed - the long-range weapons - to really win. well, a few people do say that, but the idea that they could win without engaging nato in a war... ..and nato having engaged the soviet union - the former soviet union, russia - is not likely. we gave them everything they needed to provide for their independence, and we were prepared to respond more aggressively if, in fact, putin moved again. but we needed to... this is a tricky thing. you know, we have poland now. poland's, you know, a nato country. you know... poland used to be in a situation where it was part of the warsaw pact. um... there's just a lot of change t

i think nato is also all of nato, collective nato has run out of, weapons to send, there's nothing else that can be done, and and you see the situation going from bad to worse, only over the past few days, you see the frontlines keep cracking, there's a reason why now the europeans suddenly... demanding a sease fire uh which they didn't want in the past, of course they refused to talk about any political settlement, the has to being unconditional, cease fire without discussing the the underlying cause of the conflict, they really really want to cease fire, but they can't even pick up the phone to talk to poutin, they just you know communicate threats and ultimatums, it it's an strange situation we're in, keep in mind europeans don't want to get left behind, they don't like the fact that the americans and russians are negotiating the peace, but the... pick up the phone uh, they want sease fire, but they can't discuss a political settlement. we're in this really really absurd situation, it's because we're captured by our own ridiculous war narratives and propaganda. "and we're we're losin

nato deterrence has held or has not spilled into nato territory. with support from a broad international coalition u.s. yukon led the charge and helping ukraine. we establish security assistance group which is now commanded by the lieutenant journal curtis buzzard and for 38 months of this war delivering critical munitions arms and equipment from the u.s. and our allies. these efforts have been indispensable in enabling the ukrainian armed forces and empowered them to mount a courageous defense. and now nato has taken up the staff. nato has establish in record time and organization to take over much of the use mission. the threat of war also led the nato alliance upon a historic campaign to fundamentally overhaul and modernize its military capabilities after years of underinvestment, too many years, our allies are finally optimizing the alliance for high-end war fighting and within nato we know of the plans , the forces, the command-and-control and we have the focus to lead that mission. there is still much to do. throughout this intense and challe

nato headquarters of course.o you see, we've heard about of course the pressure coming from washington on increasing spending. that's one thing. ultimately -- what's the debate now, especially ahead of the summit in just a few weeks to go? >> all right. thank you. great to be with you. can you hear me? yes, okay. then i shall start. i would say there's no doubt i i agree with the premise the transatlantic relation is transforming, that we're in a transformational stage. maybe i would slightly reframe it in the sense that i would say we have been in the transition and translational place for quite a while now. that started in 2014 sorts the past decade and that is been driven by a very powerful understanding that being the post cold war era where we could stand under develop our defense industries, spend very little on defense but that era we came to a rather abrupt end and then we are now faced with security environment characterized by strategic competition, characterized by the fact we have an open war on europ

and then nato is dead. which means nato is dead. what does nato exist for? if not to protect territory its member states. including a city of 50,000 people in estonia and not only when estonia is under full-scale attack. as you just mentioned, you are describing negotiations, that is, consultations at the government level, at the nato level, also in germany. and yet, these countries on the eastern flank of nato already have their troops. first they have to give the order, it can be done relatively quickly to get moving, but then they have to deploy the troops, depending on from where they are coming from, it is necessary to overcome. if russia sets up a naval blockade, it will take even longer, they will have to break through the naval blockade, then a full-scale war will begin. we do not have such air defense to repel them all, this means that the missiles will hit somewhere in poland or germany and destroy everything around. in germany, i tell you, we will immediately start discussing whether it is worth sending the bundeswehr in such a scenario? this is w

no, no, nato expansion. and even though we have the united states and know some of the european countries saying, no, these are things they've promised before and have a chat. so it's kind of like dangling the carrot in front of you crying to continue to be a proxy against russia. in contrast, you know, to, to what's coming. i've kevin, all of washington. we've got what's coming out of brussels london on par as european security chiefs at o 4. it, it seems getting ukraine into, at the, at now to block. let's in fact listen to the former chief young stores and berg. all, not all of us agree that there are trans future. it's in, they thought we are determined to make progress insulting this pulse membership will be all that will be ukraine's ultimate security guarantee. ukraine's future is in a nasal ukraine is closer to nathan membership than ever before. kevin, in light of what we've seen over the last 3 years, would you agree without assessment? but nato membership is ukraine's best security guard in t. i d

nato sleep. in lithuania, german troops, together with the americans and the balts, are training to intimidate russia. this is a quote from brigadier general bundeswehr baur sachs. the maneuvers are taking place just 20 km from the russian border. nato soldiers are learning to fight, taking into account their experience ukrainian war, special attention to the use of uavs. they are closely monitoring what is happening in the east, from this position of estonian soldiers to the border with russia is only 20 km, that is, they are within reach of russian artillery in the event of hostilities. the armies of the small baltic countries alone are not able to hold nato's eastern flank for long. this is why large-scale multinational. breakthroughs of the front are taking place here again, right now they are practicing actions in case of war in conditions of maximum close to reality, where the russians are most likely to go on the offensive. nato makes it clear to putin that the alliance's troops are ready

nato at our borders, nato has already entered ukraine with its missiles, the entire nato bloc is tenselyfighting with russia in ukraine. we have also analyzed the context in which individual words are mentioned. in conjunction with the words "russia-russian" or russian, the army, language, territory, president are most often mentioned. the top ten also includes culture, economics, oil and gas, and russian empire. in the address of the russian military , negative emotional coloring is also used to describe western countries and the world behind the scenes. the colonial habits of the west are a trick of puppeteers at the instigation of western curators. like a pack of jackals around carrion, the allies of the bandera regime. dmitry kiselev claims that he does not receive tebnikov from the kremlin, but the host's statement is often repeated by the messages of the russian president or his press service, sometimes verbatim, sometimes in simpler, more colorful language, well how much could we tolerate already, it was impossible to tolerate it any longer, russia has never been the first to atta

so the germans came into nato and they were very happy and nato because, of course, they can look to russia. in the conference that i was at, using the term. military terms about the scale. so, this is the world that we are in. the uk is out side that you. but itag is inside of nato. it could work both sides of the potomac. i wanted to call my book but nobody knew because that would bring the pentagon. where the queen has long-standing relationships. talking about a very real. when you talk about europe, you have what you are referring to that depends. and in terms of military, the eu does not exist. you have several powerful military states. let me deal briefly with tariffs the easy thing for brussels and the withdrawal of the united states being a predictable leader and a global economy, i said predict the bull and getting it to whatever you are calling. the eu has exclusive monopoly on tariffs. a very large atonal market. stable rules regulations, too many people say, the human capital financial it has a central bank and this is getting in power. it used to have german schwartz an

summit in gaga what he thinks about nato. what he think about whether the united states is or is not ready to sacrifice its own troops, its own servicemen, to protect europeans? trump spoke very eloquently about this at a ceremony at the most prestigious, famous american military academy west point last weekend. let's listen to what he said. the job of the us armed forces is not to serve as a drag show venue. to transform the culture of other countries or to spread democracy at gunpoint, the job of the military is to dominate, to destroy threats to the united states, anywhere, anytime, anywhere. gone are the days when protecting every country but our own was the top priority. now we put america first. we have to put america first, we have to rebuild, protect our country. and very soon you will see a country that is stronger than ever, we have been robbed at nato levels, we have been robbed more than any country in history, but now... it's over, well, i'll remind you once again, i'm emphasizing , trump said: the times are gone

the nato is, again trying to access the region. they are trying to court our friends, our outlines salary strategic partners in central asia. they are trying to impose on them the concept choose who you are with with us or with russian, and they will look up with communities and at the north they are trying to militarize the articles. they are trying to move the native infrastructure there. and then to launch it is added in that all these words, some trans, they require reaction both and concepts in theory and in practice as well. and we believe that the majority of father, you're raising states agree with these and they can not be happier with a situation we are not interested. and i would like to emphasize based in being to internal confrontation with anyone. our interest is in seeing security guarantee stability in equal opportunities for the development, for all the countries, for all the states. only these fair approach can be employed by anyone and overlapping or close positions that we share, allow us to engage and do the co

nato expansion, well, that is, if you are an arms manufacturer and you expand nato, then nato will buy more from you. and why? for starters, do you think that from russia's side? it is logical to demand not the expansion of nato to its borders. yes, of course, it is the same as when the united states says, this is our zone of influence. as far as i remember, back in elementary or high school, i learned about the monroe doctrine, that it is. the size of the entire world, it is simply amazing, we have armed forces in all parts of the planet, we have 800 military bases around the world, you know, when i was growing up, i heard about how we have a bunch of military bases and i thought that was cool, every country should have military bases, then i found out that the next country on the list for the most military bases, they only have five bases, so the united states uses their military power to control the world, and the united states is 5% of the world's population. so when 5%. and it also sucks a huge amount of money out of our country, money that could be spent on things that people rea

article five of nato assures people that if they are invaded, nato will be there for them. >> and you're confident we would honor that. pelosi: just as they all honored on 9/11. they didn't ask us how much we were giving to nato or anything else. they just honored article five. >> and are you confident we would honor that? pelosi: i think so. it is a commitment of the united states of america. i know that there have been some doubts by certain things that i don't know frivolously or whatever, but the president when he was president before, i haven't heard him say at this term, but i do think that if we as a united states of america do not honor our commitments, i don't know how we expect people to honor their commitments to us. >> i was struck yesterday by the presidents meeting with prime minister carney from canada because obviously there was a sort of awkwardness in the room given the presidents designs on canada for to be the 51st state in obviously carney ran a campaign saying that hell no. putting that aside, there was consensus when it came to the canadians increasing the defense

i can name four more nato countries that will confirm this.the same time, all 32 countries need to agree to join. the press secretary of the russian president confirmed to the information agency that these words of the kalag are the result of negotiations with moscow and that the kremlin is glad that their position was heard. europe's position regarding ukraine on the eve voiced the president of the european commission. ursola franljan insisted that the bloc must strengthen its defense capabilities and that it was necessary to speed up the admission of ukraine to the eu, which she called a historic reunification. enlargement will always be a merit-based process, but i am convinced that history is turning to us again, just as it did in 1989. when the wind of change blew across europe. every day we see in ukraine what it means to fight for freedom. we have witnessed the conscious self-sacrifice of people over the last 3.5 years. this is a historic moment, and we have no right to miss it. the eu now looks at ukraine not as a victim that needs to

oh, there were plenty of nato who thought that this was a bad idea. there were plenty in the white house who for the bees was a bad idea. now. but he knew that it was a bad idea trying to bring georgia and ukraine into nato was truly overreaching nato expansion was a political act recklessly ignoring what the russians considered their own vital national interest. russia is particularly worried that the strong divisions and ukraine over nato membership could lead to a major split involving violence, or at worst civil war. in that eventually, russia would have to decide whether to intervene a decision. russia does not want to have to face. it isn't just the old god, the old time was the show would come in nato and it's car and foam. believe the ship, what they were told expressly that their expansion would starts a wolf, a gorgeous sum. lost it all. some even boasted about with the back of most of the press them tooth and slid in the baltimore 2021 an extra sent a draw off to treat the native designing to promise no more. nathan argument that was alt, w

they now admit has stopped nato expansion for years ago. they promised he would never be able to do that. new grade now would needs, but it cut off with uh, its form, a territory is on the back of you and the instead of waiting list, what was the point of it all so much death and destruction and suffering not is a question that every day. so we need to, we'll face until the dying day. and we heard from the head of this of our, of institute, alexander markovich, whose belief is that you, prince membership and data would bring about a collapse in the balance of world peace. well, nature, membership of awards, most likely guarantees and all, all world war, not just over europe, but um for the end of the june depaula world order. since we all know that if of things are reaching your truthful points in europe, it will also mean that the situation in asia will explode in the middle east. the center of the united states would actually bring the gets even wearing. it was well free president they are now at least i know donald trump somehow trying u

were very happy and nato. because of course they can look to washington. [inaudible] to think you military terms, we agree germany was -- that the other -- [inaudible] so this is the world we are in. the uk is outside the eu, but it's inside nato. they can work both sides of the potomac. i was going to call my book from the black sea to the potomac but -- [inaudible] where the queen has long-standing relationships. so we're talking about a very real let's say washington facts when you talk about europe's, you have to what you're referring to the pins. and in terms of military, the eu doesn't exist, you have several powerful military states. now let me deal briefly with tariffs. the easiest thing for brussels, the european commission is the withdrawal of the united states from being -- [inaudible] in a global economy. i said predictable and -- whatever you call it. the eu has exclusive monopoly on tariffs, a very large internal -- about 400 million people. stable rules, regulations, 2 million people say it has

they involved 12 ships from 13 nato countries.rding to representatives of the military command of the alliance states, the context of such naval maneuvers has become increasingly alarming in recent years. after the start of a full-scale war in ukraine. army, details in our story. spanish planes in the sky over ladgale - this is the easternmost region of latvia, which borders russia and belarus. for the first time in history, half a thousand spanish soldiers, they arrived directly from madrid, are carrying out a combat training mission in this area. the paratroopers are landing on a completely unfamiliar site. it is very exciting for all of us, to go so far from home to carry out airborne operations, despite ... everything, it is our national duty to protect the eastern flank within nato. at the end of may, the swift exercises will be completed in latvia response 2025 or quick response. the key objective of the maneuvers is to practice. joint actions of western allies and latvian military in case of a possible attack from outside,

the us is ready to discuss ending nato expansion to the east.s was stated in an interview with abc news by the us president's special envoy for ukraine, keith. according to him, the issue of ukraine joining nato is not even being considered. the kremlin has already responded to this. and what do they think in europe? let's ask our colleague in brussels, elena abramovich. elena, hello, how exactly did keith kellock explain his position and are there any reactions in the eu. hello igor. well, what keith kellock said was said earlier, though in slightly different wording, as you remember, us president donald trump himself, upon coming to power, stated that ukraine will not be a member of nato, for which he was later criticized here in europe, saying that he was giving in even before the negotiations began, now his special representative has started saying that russia does not want to allow nato membership, as well as georgia and moldova, and the us understands this and is ready to discuss it, and that this is russia's interest in the security spher

well, if you are a manufacturer, that is, of weapons, and you expand nato, then nato will buy more from you. and why? to begin with, do you think that it is logical for russia to demand not the expansion of nato to its borders? yes, of course, it is the same as when... the united states says that this is our zone of influence. as far as i can remember, back in elementary or high school, i learned about the monroe doctrine, yeah, that it's our sacred right, given by god himself, to control our hemisphere, to control our hemisphere, and that sounded crazy to me, and yeah, i understand that it's not wanting to have enemies on your borders, but to control an entire hemisphere, no, and now the united states has expanded its sphere of interest to the entire world, it's just mind-boggling, we have armed forces in every part of the planet, we have 800 military bases around the world, you know, when i was growing up, i heard about how we had a bunch of military bases, and i thought that was cool, every country should have military bases, and then i found out that the next country on the list wit