By John Owen Nwachukwu US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said that his country and its NATO allies are at a critical juncture in...
By John Owen Nwachukwu
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said that his country
and its NATO allies are at a critical juncture in the history of the security
alliance.
He said the suffering in Ukraine could end immediately if
Russia ends “its reckless war of choice.”
The Defence Secretary said this ahead of a meeting with NATO
chief Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on Thursday.
Austin said the meeting comes at a “critical juncture in the
history” of the security alliance.
“We see that as Finland and Sweden have made the historic
decision to seek NATO membership.
“We welcome that. They are proud, capable democracies who
share NATO’s core values,” he said.
“In recent months, NATO has united in the face of Russia’s
unjustified, cruel, and indefensible invasion of Ukraine.
“We’ll continue to strengthen our allies to meet the
greatest threat to European security in decades.”
Austin said NATO will continue to support Ukraine “as it
defends itself against Russia’s unprovoked aggression” and “continue to adapt
our alliance to meet evolving security conditions.”
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