WEBVTT 00:04.140 --> 00:07.900 call On Gaddafi to 00:07.910 --> 00:10.820 step down . Uh you will recall that the 00:10.820 --> 00:12.931 international contact group called on 00:12.931 --> 00:15.580 Gaddafi to step down . You will recall 00:15.580 --> 00:18.210 that the G-8 group 00:18.220 --> 00:21.250 repeated that call and it has been 00:21.260 --> 00:25.260 endorsed by NATO um 00:25.270 --> 00:29.100 and partner NATO allies and partners 00:29.110 --> 00:31.610 at the Foreign Ministers meeting in 00:31.620 --> 00:35.060 Berlin . I would like to stress that we 00:35.060 --> 00:37.227 have two tracks . We have the military 00:37.227 --> 00:40.930 track . Uh We have 00:40.940 --> 00:43.960 defined three very clear military 00:43.970 --> 00:46.290 objectives for our operation and 00:46.290 --> 00:49.600 firstly A complete end to all attacks 00:49.600 --> 00:52.210 against civilians . 2ndly , withdrawal 00:52.220 --> 00:55.270 of Gaddafi forces and paramilitary 00:55.270 --> 00:58.070 forces to their barracks . And thirdly 00:58.080 --> 01:00.620 immediate and unhindered humanitarian 01:00.630 --> 01:02.930 access to people in need in Libya . And 01:02.930 --> 01:05.960 we will continue our operations until 01:05.970 --> 01:09.920 these objectives are met in 01:09.920 --> 01:12.040 a parallel political track . The 01:12.040 --> 01:14.990 international community has put more 01:14.990 --> 01:18.420 and more pressure on on 01:18.430 --> 01:21.250 Gaddafi and his regime . 01:22.840 --> 01:26.510 And I also think it is 01:26.520 --> 01:29.910 hard to imagine a complete end uh to 01:29.920 --> 01:32.240 all attacks against civilians as long 01:32.250 --> 01:36.250 as Gaddafi remains in power . 01:36.740 --> 01:39.740 So in that respect , you might see a 01:39.740 --> 01:42.710 link between the two tracks . But the 01:42.710 --> 01:46.220 NATO track is the military track . We 01:46.220 --> 01:48.109 have defined the three very clear 01:48.109 --> 01:50.331 military objectives and we are there to 01:50.331 --> 01:53.970 fully implement the U . N . Security 01:53.970 --> 01:56.360 Council resolution no more , no less ? 01:56.840 --> 01:58.896 We are fast running out of time . We 01:58.896 --> 02:01.173 have time for two very quick questions . 02:01.173 --> 02:03.173 Defense defense news julie inhale . 02:03.173 --> 02:05.740 Just on smart defense . Could you 02:05.750 --> 02:07.972 explain if you have any if you're going 02:07.972 --> 02:09.861 to present specific proposals for 02:09.861 --> 02:11.583 pooling and sharing to defense 02:11.583 --> 02:14.000 Ministers and if you expect any sort of 02:14.000 --> 02:15.778 agreement on any broad areas in 02:15.778 --> 02:18.070 particular . And also how are you 02:18.070 --> 02:20.060 working with the european Defense 02:20.060 --> 02:22.227 Agency because they're doing a similar 02:22.227 --> 02:26.130 exercise ? Yeah . And ah we we 02:26.130 --> 02:29.480 have uh we have outlined a 02:29.480 --> 02:32.610 roadmap according to which concrete 02:32.620 --> 02:35.120 proposals will be presented to Defense 02:35.120 --> 02:37.650 ministers at their meeting in october . 02:38.440 --> 02:41.350 So what we will do this week is to 02:41.940 --> 02:45.870 uh have a 02:45.880 --> 02:49.610 preliminary discussion based on 02:49.620 --> 02:53.090 a briefing from Allied 02:53.100 --> 02:55.770 Commander transformation in Norfolk . 02:55.780 --> 02:57.260 General Gabriel . 02:58.900 --> 03:01.600 And we will 03:01.820 --> 03:05.070 receive response 03:05.080 --> 03:07.910 from Defense Ministers and on the basis 03:07.910 --> 03:09.860 of that , we will elaborate more 03:09.860 --> 03:12.440 concrete proposals hopefully for 03:12.450 --> 03:16.390 approval in october . But I will 03:16.400 --> 03:18.790 add to that , that it is an ongoing 03:18.800 --> 03:22.290 project and I'm also working on that 03:22.290 --> 03:25.950 project with a view to the NATO summit 03:25.960 --> 03:29.860 in May uh next year because I 03:29.860 --> 03:33.160 attach very strong importance to this 03:33.170 --> 03:36.850 project to my mind , it is the answer 03:36.860 --> 03:40.800 uh to uh the economic challenges 03:40.810 --> 03:44.500 we are we are faced with and you're the 03:44.500 --> 03:46.667 second part of your question was about 03:47.440 --> 03:50.360 with how you're going to plan , how you 03:50.360 --> 03:52.527 plan to link up with what the european 03:52.527 --> 03:54.527 defense agency doing . Sorry , we , 03:54.527 --> 03:57.190 yeah , we we 03:57.200 --> 04:01.200 have contacts with 04:01.210 --> 04:05.120 the european Defense agency and he goes 04:05.120 --> 04:08.910 without saying that if we are 04:08.910 --> 04:11.890 to reach their full potential of 04:11.900 --> 04:14.610 multinational corporation , we also 04:14.610 --> 04:17.310 need cooperation and coordination 04:17.310 --> 04:21.150 between NATO and the european Union 04:21.160 --> 04:23.760 within the european Union . Um 04:24.240 --> 04:26.730 Defence ministers have launched the 04:26.730 --> 04:28.460 project pooling and sharing of 04:28.460 --> 04:31.400 resources and actually uh these 04:31.400 --> 04:34.480 projects are very much in line with 04:34.490 --> 04:37.080 each other and taking into account that 04:37.080 --> 04:40.710 21 countries are members of both 04:40.720 --> 04:44.430 organizations . Uh it's common 04:44.430 --> 04:46.990 sense to ensure 04:47.000 --> 04:49.530 cooperation between the two 04:49.540 --> 04:52.460 organizations , but as you also know , 04:52.840 --> 04:56.780 hey , that cooperation must 04:56.780 --> 04:59.790 take place within what is called the 04:59.790 --> 05:03.250 agreed framework , which unfortunately 05:03.260 --> 05:06.730 also also uh um 05:06.740 --> 05:10.730 contains some restrictions of uh 05:10.740 --> 05:14.270 as regards how close uh and intense 05:14.280 --> 05:18.040 we can make that corporation . But 05:18.050 --> 05:21.400 it's it's clearly my intention to 05:21.400 --> 05:24.850 ensure um such 05:25.340 --> 05:27.530 a corporation between NATO and the 05:27.530 --> 05:30.970 european Union , that we avoid waste of 05:30.970 --> 05:33.920 taxpayers money . one last question , 05:33.920 --> 05:37.400 Geo TV Pakistan holiday , your 05:37.400 --> 05:40.400 television Pakistan Sexual , it seems 05:40.400 --> 05:43.140 to be that NATO is relaxing 05:43.150 --> 05:45.350 surveillance activity along the border 05:45.350 --> 05:47.517 between Pakistan and Afghanistan , and 05:47.517 --> 05:50.210 400 of Afghan Taliban terrorists cross 05:50.210 --> 05:53.470 into Pakistan and killed 35 Pakistani 05:53.470 --> 05:56.650 troops . Is it ? There's a lot of 05:56.660 --> 05:59.780 uh section in Pakistani society think 05:59.790 --> 06:02.850 is it deliberate to just put heat more 06:02.850 --> 06:06.650 heat on Pakistan to cooperate ? Uh 06:07.240 --> 06:09.450 Not in the way you describe it , it's 06:09.450 --> 06:12.090 not to put more heat on Pakistan to 06:12.100 --> 06:14.320 cooperate , but it goes without saying 06:14.330 --> 06:17.740 that we need a positive engagement of 06:17.740 --> 06:20.560 Pakistan . If we are to 06:21.040 --> 06:24.900 to resolve problems in 06:24.900 --> 06:27.410 Afghanistan . The cross border activity 06:27.420 --> 06:29.650 is a matter of concern 06:30.670 --> 06:34.440 and a of 06:34.440 --> 06:36.496 course , it's not acceptable to have 06:36.500 --> 06:40.250 sanctuaries just across the border from 06:40.250 --> 06:44.070 which the enemies of 06:44.070 --> 06:47.630 Afghanistan can launch their attacks on 06:47.640 --> 06:50.490 international troops as well as on the 06:50.490 --> 06:54.010 Afghan people and to that end , we need 06:54.020 --> 06:57.140 a close cooperation between 06:57.150 --> 06:59.720 Afghanistan and Pakistan and between is 06:59.720 --> 07:03.420 F uh and uh and Pakistan . We have seen 07:03.420 --> 07:05.476 some progress , but I think there is 07:05.476 --> 07:07.750 potential for even closer cooperation . 07:08.540 --> 07:10.707 Thank you very much . I'm afraid we've 07:10.707 --> 07:13.050 run out of time . I hope to see you all 07:13.060 --> 07:15.060 on Wednesday at the meeting of NATO 07:15.060 --> 07:15.560 defense ministers .