After Blocking Application, Turkey Lifts Objections to Sweden Joining NATO
Turkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland’s application to join NATO, triggered by the war in Ukraine.
Turkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland’s application to join NATO, triggered by the war in Ukraine.
The incoming commander of the British Army has told his troops to prepare to fight a land war in Europe, citing Russia as a significant threat to peace on the continent.
Stoltenberg said he had a “constructive phone call” with Erdogan, calling Turkey a “valued ally” despite its hostile actions against Greece and ongoing occupation of much of Cyprus.
NATO envoys failed to reach a consensus on Wednesday about starting membership talks with Finland and Sweden, as Turkey raised objections.
NATO Director General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that the alliance would guarantee the security of Sweden if the country decides to apply to join the alliance, with an increased military presence in the Baltic sea. NATO Chief Stoltenberg assured Swedes that
China’s state-run Global Times on Friday slammed NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg for criticizing China’s support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of being the most “active participant” in the “race to be anti-Russian”.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that countries like Sweden and Finland could be fast-tracked for membership.
The White House has previewed what lies ahead for President Joe Biden when he departs for Europe on Wednesday. It said meetings, summits, talks, and one-to-one diplomacy will feature in a hastily arranged visit framed against Russia’s continuing invasion of Ukraine.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Russia’s use of chemical weapons in Ukraine would be a “blatant and brutal violation of international law.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky has slammed NATO as “weak” for refusing to enforce a no-fly zone in Ukraine, saying it will bear responsibility for future Ukrainian deaths.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday repeated his plea for NATO to enforce a no-fly zone to protect his increasingly beleaguered country after claiming Russia attacked Europe’s largest nuclear plant.
The United Kingdom will not send soldiers to wage war upon Vladimir Putin’s forces in Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Russia was “preparing for an invasion of Ukraine.”
Vice President Kamala Harris again threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday with “severe consequences” if he chose to further invade Ukraine.
The Russian government claimed on Tuesday that several military units have completed “scheduled drills” along the Ukrainian border and will now return to their permanent bases, bringing their armor and artillery with them.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will take over as Norway’s central bank governor at the end of the year, officials said Friday.
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), on Monday demanded honest answers from Moscow about the “large and unusual concentration” of Russian forces massing along the Ukrainian border.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg joined the ranks of leaders maximizing the January 6 riot drama by referring to the day as an “attack” on democratic values.
UK minister warns Poland border crisis should remain an EU issue, calling it “very, very, very, very dangerous territory”
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Wednesday expelled eight members of Russia’s mission, cutting it down to half size, and reduced the maximum size of the mission to 10 members from 20. NATO said the individuals it expelled were “undeclared Russian intelligence officers.”
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has warned that the EU developing a rapid reaction force could weaken the defence union’s ability to work together and could “divide Europe”.
Joe Biden’s first NATO summit has concluded, with members welcoming a “new chapter” in relations that resembles the pre-Trump status quo.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told the European Parliament on Monday he has “serious concerns” about the Turkish government’s behavior on various issues, “ranging from the eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish decision to buy the Russian air defense system S-400 or related to democratic rights in Turkey.”
Jens Stoltenberg, secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), announced on Thursday that another 3,500 troops will be sent to Iraq, joining 500 NATO forces already in the country. The United States currently has about 2,500 troops in Iraq.
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg has called on countries to resolve issues through dialogue as the European Union explores sanctions against Turkey over its activity in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The German government has come out in opposition to President Donald Trump’s plan to bring American troops home from Afghanistan, arguing that putting an end to America’s longest war would be too “hasty”.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg responded on Tuesday to reports of a U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan by resolving to continue the NATO mission into its third decade.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg insisted during a press conference Thursday that the military alliance is not playing and will not play a role in the ongoing conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, a conflict NATO ally Turkey has reportedly flooded with imported Syrian mercenaries.
NATO has a new mission. Defending the West from the Russians is so last century: now it wants to save the world from ‘Climate Change.’
ATHENS, Greece — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is due to arrive in Greece on an official visit early Monday, has had a conversation on tensions in the eastern Mediterranean with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
Appearing Thursday on the Fox Business Network, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reaffirmed that President Donald Trump is making the military alliance “stronger.”
President Donald Trump celebrated “another win” on Monday by announcing the U.S. State Department had helped broker direct airline flights between Serbia and Kosovo.
Donald Trump has hailed NATO, telling the press it is now “stranger than it has ever been” in a positive end to the London conference.
President Trump is raising questions over President Macron saying the alliance was suffering a “brain death”, calling the comments insulting.
Emmanuel Macron has claimed that NATO is suffering a “brain death”, and that Europe can no longer depend on the United States of America to defend her.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, in a move designed to ease concerns in Israel that Tehran could move to exploit the political vacuum left after the U.S. withdrew forces from Syria.
Turkey’s Syria offensive has created fresh divisions within NATO and, while there is no chance of Ankara being thrown out, the crisis adds to pressures on the alliance as it heads towards a crucial summit in December.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday the Atlantic alliance must counter China’s growing influence in the Pacific, working closely with allies such as Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea.
The United States formally withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty on Friday, concluding a six-month advisory period in which Russia failed to correct its repeated violations of the agreement.