The Secretary General of NATO has affirmed that the Madrid summit has shown that NATO is not “monolithic” but it is “united”.
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The NATO leaders concluded their second and last day of summit in Madrid this Thursday, in which they addressed the threats coming from the southern flank of the Alliance and, more particularly, the terrorist threat, after having approved a new strategy for the next decade that recognizes Russia as the main problem for its security.
NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenbergexpressed satisfaction with the decisions taken at the summit, which he considers “transformative” for the future of the Alliance, and has pointed out that, despite not being a “monolithic” bloc, it has shown that it is capable of uniting in a “dangerous world”.
Stoltenberg has appeared before the media at the end of the second and last day of meetings to take stock of a summit that has been “perfect”, in his own words. Thus, he has applauded the “impeccable” Spanish organization and has expressed his gratitude to the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, on behalf of all the allied countries.
The forum has concluded with the adoption of a new Strategic Concept, the commitment of increased military and financial involvement of the allied countries and the invitation to Sweden and Finland to join in the coming months in NATO, among other milestones.
Stoltenberg has emphasized that there “unity and resolution” by the Alliance in the face of current challenges, a common front that had already been marked as one of the great objectives of the summit after the tensions of recent weeks due to Turkey’s veto of the accession of Sweden and Finland.
“NATO has never been a monolithic organization,” said Stoltenberg, emphasizing that precisely these differences between “democratic nations” represent “an expression of strength” of the Atlantic Alliance.
The former Norwegian Prime Minister has valued the military deterrence as one of the main axes of NATO and has stressed that the objective remains “to prevent war”, in apparent allusion to the fears of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, about potential expansions in Eastern Europe.
In this sense, he has said that it is Putin who must put an “immediate” end to the military offensive in Ukraine, “a sovereign and democratic nation”.
To the same extent, he has warned that the allied countries will be prepared “for any eventuality” in the future, after Putin has threatened to take action if Sweden and Finland go ahead with their accession process. The two Nordic countries have been formally invited to join the Alliance at the Madrid summit.
Source: Eitb
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