[ad_1] Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba Kiev: Ukraine will hold the first trilateral meeting with the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) this month, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said. “I look forward to meeting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the High Representative of theContinue Reading
[ad_1] MUNICH — Wake up, Europe. We must face the China challenge. That was NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s message on Saturday for the global security elite gathered at the Munich Security Conference. The military alliance chief directly linked Russia’s war in Ukraine to China, hinting at concerns about Beijing launchingContinue Reading
[ad_1] Brussels: Flags of the 30 NATO member states at the military alliance’s headquarters in Brussels flew at half-staff to honour the nearly 8,000 people who lost their lives in the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria earlier this week. In a Twitter post on Tuesday, the 30-memberContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — With Ukraine’s partners racing to send more weapons to Kyiv amid an emerging Russian offensive, fulfilling Ukrainian requests is becoming trickier. Ukraine is still waiting for promised deliveries of modern tanks. Combat jets, though much discussed, areContinue Reading
[ad_1] Ankara: Turkey will not approve Sweden’s bid to join NATO as long as it continues to allow Quran-burning protests, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, adding that his country looks positively on Finland’s application for membership of the military alliance. “Sweden! Don’t even bother to try. We cannot say ‘yes’Continue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. With war raging in Europe, the race to find NATO’s next chief is on. Jens Stoltenberg was a steady hand as Western capitals rushed to help Ukraine push back invading Russian troops. But as his term expires in September, speculation isContinue Reading
[ad_1] Croatian President Zoran Milanovic Zagreb: Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has criticized the visit to South Korea and Japan by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and condemned the Western decision to send battle tanks to Ukraine. “I see that the Chief of NATO is in South Korea and Japan …Continue Reading
[ad_1] Ankara: Turkey could evaluate Finland’s NATO bid separately from Sweden’s bid to distinguish “between a problematic country and a less problematic one,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. “If NATO and these countries take such a decision, we, as Turkey, think that we may evaluate the applications separately. ButContinue Reading
[ad_1] Ankara: It is “meaningless” to hold a trilateral meeting with Sweden and Finland to discuss their NATO accession process after recent protests in Stockholm, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said. “In this environment, a trilateral meeting is meaningless. It has been postponed because the current environment will overshadowContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Finland could reconsider its joint NATO bid with Sweden if Stockholm’s application is delayed further, Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said Tuesday, a day after Turkey said it would not support the Swedish candidacy. “You have to assess theContinue Reading