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Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The United States and Europe must stick together, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and US President Joe Biden said on Thursday, as the Western military alliance turned 75 menaced by an aggressive Russia and the spectre of Donald Trump's return to power. The Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 re-invigorated NATO as it was confronted by one of the most serious challenges since it emerged from the ashes of World War II to counter the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact group. The alliance has bolstered its forces across eastern Europe and grown to 32 members after...
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Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The NATO military alliance on Thursday marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of its founding treaty in Washington. Here are some facts and figures about the organisation forged in the Cold War and re-energised by Russia's war on Ukraine. 12 to 32Just 12 countries were founder members of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 as the United States, Canada and much of western Europe clubbed together to face up to the threat of former World War II ally the Soviet Union. As the alliance's first Secretary General Lord Ismay quipped, NATO's purpose was to "keep the Soviet U...
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Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - NATO on Thursday marks 75 years since its founding with the Western alliance confronted by the urgent need to do more to help Ukraine win a war currently roiling Europe. Foreign ministers from NATO's 32 countries will hold a ceremony at its Brussels headquarters to fete the organisation that bills itself as the "most powerful and successful alliance in history". But, amid the cake-cutting and speeches, NATO is grappling with one of its most serious challenges since it emerged from the ashes of World War II in 1949 to counter the Soviet Union. "As we celebrate NATO'...
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Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - NATO foreign ministers on Wednesday debated the creation of a 100-billion-euro fund for Ukraine, as alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg urged them to guarantee long-term arms supplies for Kyiv's outgunned forces. Stoltenberg pitched the five-year fund for Kyiv and a plan to deepen NATO's involvement in delivering weapons in a bid to shield support in the face of a potential return by Donald Trump to the US presidency. The NATO secretary general said allies "agreed to move forward with planning for a greater NATO role in coordinating security assistance and training" with...
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Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The NATO military alliance on Thursday marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of its founding treaty in Washington. Here are some facts and figures about the organisation forged in the Cold War and re-energised by Russia's war on Ukraine. 12 to 32Just 12 founding member countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty back in 1949 as the United States, Canada and much of western Europe clubbed together to face up to the threat of former World War II ally the Soviet Union. As the alliance's first Secretary General Lord Ismay quipped, NATO's purpose was to "keep the Sov...
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Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The NATO military alliance marks its 75th anniversary on Thursday, reinvigorated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- but menaced by the growing threat from Moscow and the spectre of Donald Trump. In 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron slammed the US-led alliance -- set up after World War II to face off against the Soviet Union -- as suffering from a "brain death". Now, four-and-a-half years later, the alliance has grown to 32 members with the addition of Sweden and Finland after what Macron described as the "electroshock" of Russia's all-out assault in 2022. In r...
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Bucharest (AFP) - Romania's President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday announced his candidacy to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as chief of NATO, vowing -- as a leader of a country bordering the Ukraine war -- to bring "renewal of perspective" at a crucial time for the alliance. For the past two years, the Western defence alliance has navigated a challenging security environment in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has been tipped as the strong favourite for the job, but there have been calls for the alliance to choose its next chief from one of its newer m...
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Washington (AFP) - Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment and capping two years of tortuous diplomacy after Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered new fears. Days after Hungary followed key holdout Turkey and became the last NATO member to sign off, Sweden ceremonially handed over accession documents to the United States, the leading force of the transatlantic alliance that promises joint security for all. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson late Thursday attended as a guest at the annual State of the Union address of President Joe Bide...
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London (AFP) - Britain and Germany on Thursday threw their weight behind Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to become NATO's next secretary general, at a crucial time for the alliance as Russia's war against Ukraine rages on. Rutte is the frontrunner to replace Jens Stoltenberg, even though a shock win for the far-right at the recent general election in his homeland risks tarnishing his legacy. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's spokesman said Britain "does strongly back Dutch PM Mark Rutte to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as NATO secretary general". He said the UK wanted a candidate who would "keep NAT...
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Brussels (AFP) - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday 18 of the alliance's 31 countries are set to hit its defence spending target this year, after Donald Trump threatened to encourage Russia to attack members not coughing up enough. The Republican White House frontrunner was widely rebuked after saying he would not defend NATO members who had not met their financial obligations, in his most extreme broadside yet against the organisation. Trump's comments in a Saturday stump speech drew condemnation from leaders including US President Joe Biden -- his likely opponent in November's electi...
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