The extraordinary summit of NATO leaders held in Brussels, focused its agenda for the day on the war conflict in Ukrainian territory due to the invasion of Russia that this March 24 marks a month of having been executed.
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The leaders of the North Atlantic Alliance focused their dialogue on the possibilities, measures and joint efforts that the organization must adopt in the face of the war that has tormented this country in which Volodomir Zelenski has been the visible head of the conflict.
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With the presence of the top leaders of the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, France and Poland, the main parties involved in the conflict, together with the rest of the NATO members, the summit began in which at least five points were discussed keys.
The Stoltenberg Renewal
As we face the greatest security crisis in a generation, we reaffirm unity to keep our alliance strong and our people safe.
The Secretary General of NATO, the Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg, who ended his mandate at the end of September, will continue one more year at the head of the Alliancemedia from the Scandinavian country reported this Thursday.
The leaders of the thirty countries that make up NATO have unanimously supported the continuity of Stoltenberg, according to the channel TV2 and the economic newspaper Dagens Næringslivwho cite unspecified sources.
“I leave the decision to the thirty leaders, I have nothing more to add,” Stoltenberg had said before the start of Thursday’s summit of the Alliance in Brussels.
The official had announced in February that in December this year he would head the Norwegian Central Bank. Stoltenberg’s departure from the transatlantic military alliance had been announced at a time of heightened tension between Russia and Ukraine, and names had even been discussed for his replacement.
The 62-year-old former Norwegian prime minister had confirmed his candidacy for the post at the end of last year. “There is great recognition of the work he has done, it has been important in this crisis. And if there was a desire among the NATO countries to prolong his mandate and he so wishes, Norway would support him,” the prime minister said on Thursday. Norwegian, Jonas Gahr Støre.
Stoltenberg is an economist by training and was Finance Minister in the Thorbjørn Jagland government (1996-1997) before assuming the leadership of the Labor Party and later becoming Norwegian Prime Minister (2000-2001, 2005-2013). In 2014 he left Norwegian politics to take command of NATO, for which he has been re-elected several times.
Honored by the decision of #BORN Heads of State and Government to extend my term as Secretary General until 30 September 2023. As we face the biggest security crisis in a generation, we stand united to keep our Alliance strong and our people safe. https://t.co/06YkRkmX8J
— Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) March 24, 2022
The new call to China
The president of United States, Joe Biden and several of his NATO allies urged China on Thursday to “call for a peaceful end to the conflict” in Ukraine during the Alliance summit on the Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory.
This was indicated by a senior US official, who requested anonymity, in statements to journalists after Biden’s speech at the extraordinary summit of NATO leaders, in which the president celebrated the measures to “strengthen” the eastern flank of the Alliance .
Several of the leaders who spoke at the session stressed “that China needs to fulfill its responsibility” as a member of the international community and should not “support Russia in its aggression against Ukraine”, but rather “call for a peaceful end to the conflict” in Ukraine. , according to the official.
“There was a clear sense that we’re at a significant historical moment,” said the source, who was in the room during Biden’s speech and described the atmosphere as “sober, grounded and incredibly united.”
Beijing’s reluctance to condemn the Russian invasion and fears that it may provide support to Moscow have become a notable concern for Biden, who wants to reinforce unity on the matter with his allies ahead of the planned China-EU summit. for April 1.
“Unrestricted Military Aid”
The Ukrainian army has been resisting for a month in unequal conditions! I repeat the same for a month!
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky on Thursday asked NATO members for “unrestricted military aid” so that his country can confront the Russian army, which kyiv is now fighting “in unequal conditions.”
“To save the people and our cities, Ukraine needs unrestricted military aid. Just as Russia uses its entire arsenal against us without restriction,” Zelensky said in a video message to the heads of state and government of the Atlantic Alliance, gathered at an extraordinary summit in Brussels, and published on their Telegram account.
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The president reiterated his requests for fighter planes and tanks, especially to “unblock” Mariupol, Berdyansk or Melitopol, cities in southern Ukraine besieged or occupied by the Russian army. “They have thousands of fighter planes. But they haven’t given us any yet,” he launched.
“They have at least 20,000 tanks… Ukraine asked for one percent of all their tanks! Give them to us or sell them to us! But we still don’t have a clear answer,” he said. Zelensky also accused Russia of using phosphorous bombs in its attacks on targets on Ukrainian territory.
“This morning (…) there were two Russian phosphorus bombs. Adults and children have died again,” he accused, referring to the accusations of the government of the Lugansk region (east) after bombings in the town of Rubijné.
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