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And for the first question , we have

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Julia Torbit , Tony from agency and

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Nova . Hi , I am Is that a secretary ?

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General , can you hear me ? Yes ,

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absolutely . Um on up attentional

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a second wave off Corbyn 19 and the

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associative risks off this information .

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I would like to ask which Which less ,

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son , if I can use this world ever lies

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and North America and Europe learn from

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the first wave off 19 and housing

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things will work on this issue . Thank

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you . We have seen many examples

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throughout this pandemic that both

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state actors and non state actors have

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to try to utilize the crisis to

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divide allies to undermine trust in our

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democratic institutions . We have seen

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efforts to try to blame a NATO allies

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for the whole pandemic for the Corona

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virus on on the way , we have seen

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that being done in many different ways ,

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including , of course , about using

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social media . We are responding

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and Teoh propaganda and disinformation .

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We are helping allies to get the

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facts . We are sharing facts and

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information with allies and we're also

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working very closely with the European

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Union because we are face to doing many

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of the same types of this information

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on on propaganda . Um ,

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I don't believe that The answer to

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propagandize propaganda , I believe

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that the best way to respond to the

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brand is by providing the facts . In

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the long run , the truth will prevail

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on . But I also strongly believe that

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the best response to this information

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and propaganda is to have free

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independent media journalists that

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do their work , that who ost a

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difficult question , who checked their

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sources on . By doing that , they are

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able then to ah reveal when there are

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attempts over this information on the

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on Come on on , the propaganda

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eso a free and independent press is the

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best way to make sure that we get

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correct information , especially in

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times of crisis . And for the next

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question , we will go to Damon Week

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from address monstrous . Good

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afternoon , Secretary General , Thank

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you for the question . I would like to

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ask about the recent incident involving

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a French vessel with operations see

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guardian on the Turkish Navy .

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Obviously , Francis made its

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allegations about what happened .

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Turkey has responded . I'd like to know

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what steps nature will take to

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investigate the incident on to prevent

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any further similar incident . On more

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broadly should NATO allies respect U N

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arms embargoes .

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The incident in the Mediterranean also

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dressed in the meeting by

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several allies . Uh , my message

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is that we have ah made sure that

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NATO military authorities are investing

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the incident to bring full clarity into

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what happened . Uh , on the on .

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I think that's the best way now to deal

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with that , to clarify , actually ,

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what happened ? Um , then when it

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comes to U . N . Uh ,

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resolutions , you and arms embargo

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rules NATO , of course , support

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the implementation off off you and

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decisions including U N arms embargoes

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on duh . I have stated that many

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times on behalf of their own alliance ,

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that of course , we not only support

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implementation of the U . N . Decisions ,

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but you also support to the the efforts

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of the U . N to find the peaceful

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Negroes negotiated solution to the

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conflict on for the next question , we

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moved to Brooke Stigma from Jane's .

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Hello , I come here .

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Can you hear ? Can you hear me ? Yes ,

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yes . Um sorry to drag you about drag

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you back to decisions from yesterday ,

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but there wasn't time to ask all the

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questions . I have a question about

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NATO's balanced package regarding

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Russia's growing missile capabilities .

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Um , NATO will need to boost that on ,

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and I wanted to ask two questions about

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that . Given that NATO's ballistic

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missile defense system was not designed

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against Russia , I'm wondering , Does

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the alliance need to consider a new a

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conventional missile defense system ?

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And secondly , would that raise the

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cost of nature ? Is common fund to

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cover that and the other balanced

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package measures ? Thank you .

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NATO is responding Teoh the new Russian

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missiles with a balanced package with

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the different military and political

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elements from working on arms

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control . Uh , disarmament , nonprofit

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proliferation . Onda

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also ah , conventional

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capabilities . But one of the element

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one of elements are or one of the

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elements is . Is a zoo mentioned air

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and missile defense on them ?

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Um , we have decided that we need to

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strengthen our air and missile defense .

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Seven NATO allies are all the day

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investing and have plans to increase

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their investments in air and missile

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defense capabilities . The's includes ,

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of course , some advanced aircraft ,

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but also land based systems like

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Patriot batteries on the sample T

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batteries . These are national

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capabilities owned by nations , but

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these air and missile batteries are

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are part of NATO's integrated air and

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missile defense , where they shared

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information where they are able toe

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work together where they have full

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interoperability . So the reality is

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that national capabilities are plugged

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into the integrated NATO air on missile

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defence , also sharing as a radar

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pictures on on working together . Some

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of these elements are funded by the

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NATO budget , but bulk of the costs are

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later to the national investments in

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national air and missile capabilities

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on they will increase because allies

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have increased have agreed to invest

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more in air and missile defense . Um ,

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uh , yeah , I think that was had two

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questions . Yes , The other question .

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WAAS . What ? Whether the Native Common

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Fund will have to go up to cover Think ,

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address that . Of course , one part of

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this is , the more the bulk of the

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costs are covered by the nation's on .

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Then there are some elements covered by

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the NATO , a common from the Dodger to

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be deciding that every time we decide

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on the budget . But the main issue here

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is related to the fact that allies are

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in investing more in defense and that

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enables and most with Invest More air

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and Missile . Evans for the next

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question will move to EPA hand from the

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Estonian public broadcaster .

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Hello , Thank you very much . Yesterday

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it appeared that Turkey has again

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blocked the depends plans off for Dick

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Perry . Some Poland . It seems to be

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like a hostage taking or blackmailing

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situation . How it will be sold on when

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it will be sold . NATO mass

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plans in place to defend all allies on

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were more than plans . We have

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capabilities in place to defend all

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allies on . We have proven again and

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again that these forces this

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capabilities already on we have

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increased readiness . We have increased

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our capabilities , invested more in

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modern capabilities , including by

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ah deploying combat rated the battle

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groups to the Baltic countries ,

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including Estonia . So we

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have plants on . We have

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capabilities . Then these plans are

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regularly updated on . Of course , that ,

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uh , sometimes requires some

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discussions among allies because these

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bands are important . But the rest

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assure we have plans on . We have the

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will and we have the capabilities to

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defend all allies against any threats .

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Now we will move to Loomis said it from

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Afghan voice . Thank you very much .

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How does may to see the peace process

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going forward on it is ruling it on .

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Second question . Taliban can 1000 off

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Afghan citizen , military and non

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military There is still the men , our

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government , to release all of their

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prisoners before their starting answer .

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Afghan girl . But America is asking to

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not release those 200 Talibans which is

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kept US military . Do you support US ?

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Request to not release ? There were

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200 Taliban's if yes , whereas

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the human rights on How do you see this

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procedure ? Because 5000 Taliban's ,

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which is kept Afghans . They want to

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release them , but not 200,000 .

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2200 That helped Americans . Thank

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you .

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NATO allies support the peace efforts

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on the We are closer Teoh really inter

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Afghan negotiations Now then I think we

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have ever been before on I welcome that

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At the same time , we will realize

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start the situation . Afghanistan is

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difficult . We still see violence . We

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see attacks way . See

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that , um , that there's still a long

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way to go before you have ah lasting

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and sustainable peace in Afghanistan .

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But we welcome the efforts and we

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welcome the fact that we are closer .

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We highlight strongly that the Taliban

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has to live up to their commitments in

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the agreement I made with with the

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United States . I was in Kabul when the

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agreement was signed on under On . Guy

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expressed also my support to the peace

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efforts on behalf of NATO . Um , then

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one part of this agreement . The US

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Taliban agreement is , as you mentioned ,

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the release of prisoners on both sides .

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Um , that's part of the agreement .

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That's that's that's that's the way to

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to create the conditions for inter

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Afghan negotiations on the I'm

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absolutely certain that the only way to

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to reach a political sustainable ,

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a peaceful solution to the conflict

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have gone this honest . I haven't

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Afghan led and Afghan owned the process .

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Therefore , inter Afghan negotiations

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are so important when it comes to

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exactly ah um , which

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prisoners are there going to be

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released ? I don't think it's right .

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If I started to comment on that , I

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just hope that we will be able and the

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parties in Afghanistan will be able to

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move forward on gun under , then get

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inter African negotiations up on the

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ongoing for the next question , we

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would go to Teri Schultz of Deutsche

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Avella .

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General , I wanted to ask about arms

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control . Clearly , that's something

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that's been on the agenda at this

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ministerial . And , um , the U . S and

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Russia will have talks on Monday that

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may or may not lead into the sides

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agreeing to extend new start , Um ,

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with the i N f falling apart , you said

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that NATO needs to adjust to a post i

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NF world . So I wanted to know what

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kind of lessons you're learning at the

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moment . If you could share something ,

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something of that with us . And also

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how important is it that the U . S .

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And Russia extend new start at this

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moment ? Thanks very much .

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First of all , we have a long history

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in innate over supporting and

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Andi

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playing a role in the in arms control ,

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non proved proliferation . Onda on

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disarmament on uh , we continue to do

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that because we strongly believe that

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arms control it's extremely important

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for our own security a new arms race

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with nor will be extremely costly and

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it will be dangerous . That's the

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reason why we strongly regret to the

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mice off the ah in after eating course

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by Russia's deployment over SSE eight

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me size . Ah , clearly in violation of

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the treaty . That's also a reason why

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we support efforts to have

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strategic talks that can make sure we

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also have effective control related to

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strategic weapons . We

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welcome the fact that United States is

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now consulting closely with the order

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NATO allies . The new start is a

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bilateral agreement between Russia on

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the United States . But of course these

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are importance for all our allies . Eso

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special envoy Billingsley Hey has

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briefed allies , and the United States

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will continue to consult with allies as

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asses they continue the dialogue with

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with Russia . We have also

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stated that of course it is important

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to have agreements between Russia and

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the United States which are balanced

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and verifiable . But we also need to

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address the need for China to be part

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off . Aww ah , strategic

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arms control arrangements . Because

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trying eyes investing heavily in new

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strategic weapons , long range weapons

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systems , ballistic intercontinental

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ballistic missiles on therefore China

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rising global military pilot power has

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a global responsibility to be part over

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global arms control . So , of

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course , this is an issue which all

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our lives are concerned about . We

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welcome their consultations between us

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on a NATO allies , and then you hope

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that we were able to reach agreements

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that can ensure that way at least don't

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weaken the system a one

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control but hopeful that are actually

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able to strengthen the arms control

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architecture because that has served us

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well for many , many years . Last thing .

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Every side , that is that NATO has

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significantly reduced reduced the

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number of nuclear weapons in Europe . I

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roughly 90% . But we have maintained

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and nuclear deterrent in Europe because

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that's the ultimate security guarantee

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for European NATO allies . And for the

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next question , we moved Michael

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Birnbaum from The Washington Post . I

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think Secretary General Europe work on

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a review of your China strategy .

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You've also been talking about

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resilience , and NATO also occasionally

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touches on issues of foreign

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interference in elections that I wanted

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to ask if you thought it would be

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appropriate for the leader of ah NATO

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country toe . Ask Xi Jinping to take

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actions to boost his or her chances of

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re election , and how doing so might

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affect the discussions you're having at

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the alliance about China . Thank you .

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Allies have expressed again and again

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that we need to address the

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consequences off . The rights of China

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on that was created stated at the

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NATO leaders meeting in December . And

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for the first time , NATO leaders

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stated that were , of course not only

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have to address the opportunities , but

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also the challenges related to the

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rights off China on . We also stated

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clearly that China is coming closer

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toes partly because they have weapons

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systems investing weapon systems that

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can reach all allies , partly because

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they are investing , increasing their

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presence in in in the Arctic in Africa ,

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battles and infrastructure in our own

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countries in NATO countries ,

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ONDA course , any attempt to

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AH undermine trust in our democratic

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institutions will well undermine will

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be absolutely , uh contradicting

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the core values of this alliance

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because we are actually there to try to

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uphold and strengthen democratic

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institutions alliance based on

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democracy , the rule of law on

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individual liberty . But I will not

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comment on something that is actually

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ready to a book I haven't read , so

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therefore that's not for me to go into ,

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and now we will move to Alexandra

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Berezovsky from your active

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better General . I have two questions .

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If I may , The first concerns the U . S .

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Troop withdrawal plants . Polish

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President Andrzej Duda has been invited

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to visit Mr Trump on June 24th to talk

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about defense cooperation . Has the

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possibility of moving U S troops from

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Germany to Poland being discussed today

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Unless and has not NATO received more

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information about the time frame off

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the plants and my second question would

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be if there has been any progress on

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potentially you NATO cooperation with

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operation In reading

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at the ministerial meeting , allies

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discussed AH U S

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presence in Europe U . S military

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presence in Europe . Onda and allies

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highlighted the importance of years the

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presence in the Europe . Secretary

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Esper updated allies on the U . S .

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Intention to reduce the number of

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troops in Germany . But at the same

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time , he retorted clearly the strong U .

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S commitment to European security on

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the that the United States will consult

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with NATO allies on the way forward .

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It is scared that no final decision has

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been taken on when and

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how Theissen tension of reducing U . S

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troops in Germany will be implemented

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a same time . What we have seen over

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the last years , it's not a reduction ,

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but actually an increase in the number

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over U . S . Troops in Europe . But

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that goes beyond the Germany because U .

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S presence in Europe is not only about

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Germany , it is about what you have

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seen in many European countries that we

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have more U S presence like , for

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instance , in the Baltic countries in

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the in the Black Sea region . But also

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in Poland , where the U . S . Is

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leading a backing group on . That's the

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first time we have this kind of NATO

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presence and multinational battle group

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led by the United States in in Poland .

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I welcome , of course , that , uh ,

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oddly , there's meat on talk . But

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there is no specific discussion about

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the composition off the U . S .

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Presence is where the U . S troops are

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going to be deployed in the future . In

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Europe , it was a strong expression off

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support for yours persons in Europe on

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a strong expression of US commitment to

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you to be in security by Secretary s .

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And for our final question , we will go

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to and Scott has from D P . A

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general given that a second Corona wave

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could come suing . When is the

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stockpile ready ? Will be ready by fall .

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And can you give us some figures ? For

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example , how much money is planned for

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the fund and how much ventilators , How

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many mask mistakes will be stored ?

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Thank you . This is a flexible

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from on a flexible stockpile , meaning

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that we have now agreed to establish it .

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Then we call on allies to provide on

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DSO made announcements already today .

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Eso I I believe that some of these

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these especially in kind contributions

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will be available very soon . But

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exactly how big it will be , How will

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depend on how , how much different how

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many allies will contribute . So we are

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now creating the framework the

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mechanisms both for the fund on for the

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stockpile on the allies all over that

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this meeting today made announcements ,

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specific announcement , out funding and

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about about in kind

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contributions . But the size it's too

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early to say because I depend Cifelli

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on the I talked amount of commitments

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from different NATO allies .

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That's all we have time for today .

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Thank you very much , everybody for

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joining us , I prospect of the sector

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general for some final words . Thank

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you so much for joining me today And

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stay safe and stay healthy . Thank you