WEBVTT 00:05.940 --> 00:07.350 okay , mm hmm . 00:09.440 --> 00:11.340 Uh good morning . I'm very , very 00:11.340 --> 00:13.570 pleased to welcome the secretary 00:13.580 --> 00:17.440 general of NATO Jens Stoltenberg who is 00:17.450 --> 00:19.990 doing I think an excellent job of 00:19.990 --> 00:22.212 leading the alliance of NATO , which is 00:22.212 --> 00:24.760 guaranteed peace and security in europe 00:24.770 --> 00:28.550 uh decades and decades in 00:28.640 --> 00:31.750 NATO brings together north America and 00:31.760 --> 00:34.790 european countries in a mutual 00:34.800 --> 00:38.110 alliance of mutual guarantee of 00:38.120 --> 00:40.090 security and defence . It's been 00:40.090 --> 00:43.010 outstandingly successful and I think 00:43.010 --> 00:44.732 it's going to be outstandingly 00:44.732 --> 00:46.788 successful for decades to come . And 00:46.788 --> 00:48.677 we've just been talking about the 00:48.677 --> 00:50.454 summit that we're gonna have in 00:50.454 --> 00:52.788 brussels on on july the The 14th anyway . 00:52.788 --> 00:54.899 Yes , great to see you . Thank you so 00:54.899 --> 00:56.954 much . Mr Johnson there Boris . It's 00:56.954 --> 00:59.010 great to be back in London and thank 00:59.010 --> 01:01.066 you so much for your strong personal 01:01.066 --> 01:03.780 leadership on strengthening our 01:03.780 --> 01:05.891 transatlantic bond . The bond between 01:05.891 --> 01:08.440 europe and north America and uh United 01:08.440 --> 01:11.370 Kingdom is really a staunch and highly 01:11.380 --> 01:14.760 valued NATO ally . You invest a lot in 01:14.760 --> 01:18.400 our common security . Uh , I had 01:18.400 --> 01:21.430 the pleasure of visiting the H . M . S . 01:21.440 --> 01:23.440 Queen Elizabeth off the coast of 01:23.450 --> 01:26.340 Portugal last week and that's really an 01:26.340 --> 01:28.170 impressive aircraft carrier 01:28.180 --> 01:31.480 demonstrating the commitment told me 01:31.480 --> 01:34.360 not getting them to uh to our common 01:34.360 --> 01:36.660 security to our collective defense . 01:37.170 --> 01:39.337 And we need that commitment because we 01:39.337 --> 01:41.559 live in a more unpredictable world with 01:41.559 --> 01:44.420 more global competition and therefore 01:44.420 --> 01:47.320 need to strengthen our alliance . And 01:47.320 --> 01:49.431 that's exactly what we're going to do 01:49.431 --> 01:51.653 when I'm looking forward to welcome you 01:51.653 --> 01:53.800 and all the other NATO leaders to our 01:53.800 --> 01:57.150 summit in brussels in two weeks time 01:57.150 --> 02:00.240 where we will demonstrate uh our 02:00.240 --> 02:02.790 strength a bold and forward looking 02:02.790 --> 02:05.180 agenda and demonstrate our commitment 02:05.180 --> 02:07.460 to standing together . The 02:07.460 --> 02:09.571 transatlantic bond not only works but 02:09.571 --> 02:11.793 also indeed . So once again , thank you 02:11.793 --> 02:14.016 so much . Thank you very much . I think 02:14.016 --> 02:13.870 I think we'll have at least one 02:13.870 --> 02:15.703 question a couple of questions . 02:15.703 --> 02:26.860 Uh , 02:27.240 --> 02:30.060 yeah . Talking prevented . 02:30.840 --> 02:34.840 Well thanks and NATO allies if you 02:34.840 --> 02:37.007 think about it , carl have been really 02:37.007 --> 02:39.118 outstanding in the way that they have 02:39.118 --> 02:41.229 come together to support for instance 02:41.229 --> 02:42.951 the U . K . Over the salisbury 02:42.951 --> 02:45.173 poisonings . You remember a lot of NATO 02:45.173 --> 02:47.062 allies came together and expelled 02:47.062 --> 02:49.600 diplomats in sympathy with the U . K . 02:49.600 --> 02:51.250 For what happened ? The the 02:51.260 --> 02:53.371 assassination attempt on the scruples 02:53.440 --> 02:56.770 the killing in uh in in salisbury . Um 02:56.780 --> 02:58.780 But what we want to do is make sure 02:58.780 --> 03:01.002 that we work together to defend protect 03:01.002 --> 03:03.224 ourselves against against cyber threats 03:03.224 --> 03:05.990 against all the kinds of intimidation 03:06.000 --> 03:09.340 that some NATO members still 03:09.340 --> 03:13.290 feel they're on NATO's eastern 03:13.300 --> 03:15.760 borders . And we work together to 03:15.770 --> 03:17.881 protect against that . I think if you 03:17.881 --> 03:20.190 look at what's happened recently with 03:20.190 --> 03:23.500 the uh appalling outrageous incident of 03:23.500 --> 03:27.440 the of the hijacking over Over Belarus 03:27.450 --> 03:30.810 I think NATO members will be wanting to 03:30.820 --> 03:34.110 stand together in protest against what 03:34.110 --> 03:36.520 happened and to call for the release of 03:36.520 --> 03:39.760 romance potus eviction and indeed it is 03:39.940 --> 03:42.300 His girlfriend from captivity in in 03:42.300 --> 03:45.360 Belarus . But yes , it's very the 03:45.370 --> 03:47.537 standing together against threats from 03:47.537 --> 03:49.648 the east is very much part of your of 03:49.648 --> 03:51.314 your Vision 2030 , isn't it ? 03:51.314 --> 03:54.520 Absolutely . And uh in the NATO 2030 03:54.530 --> 03:56.930 agenda , which we're going to agree at 03:56.930 --> 04:00.440 the summit uh in two weeks time , uh we 04:00.450 --> 04:02.580 address a wide range of challenges 04:02.590 --> 04:04.812 where we have to work together on , for 04:04.812 --> 04:06.868 instance , resilience protecting our 04:06.868 --> 04:09.201 critical infrastructure , on technology , 04:09.201 --> 04:12.080 maintaining our technological edge in a 04:12.090 --> 04:13.810 more competitive world , on 04:13.810 --> 04:16.032 strengthening of deterrence and defence 04:16.032 --> 04:17.977 with higher redness or forces more 04:17.977 --> 04:20.032 exercises . And also how we can work 04:20.032 --> 04:22.032 more closely with partners and also 04:22.032 --> 04:24.290 train and build local capacity because 04:24.290 --> 04:26.457 we believe that's one of the best ways 04:26.457 --> 04:28.679 to also fight international terrorism . 04:28.679 --> 04:31.330 Uh and of course , I totally agree with 04:31.330 --> 04:34.420 the bodies that uh , it is absolutely 04:34.430 --> 04:37.790 unacceptable . What uh did the forced 04:37.790 --> 04:40.280 landing of a civilian aircraft on its 04:40.280 --> 04:42.440 way from one NATO capital , Athens to 04:42.440 --> 04:45.200 another NATO capital capital , Vilnius . 04:45.660 --> 04:47.882 And we call them immediately . So those 04:47.882 --> 04:51.240 arrested and also for uh 04:51.250 --> 04:53.480 independent impartial international 04:53.480 --> 04:56.360 investigation . And I welcome sanctions 04:56.360 --> 04:58.582 imposed by the United Kingdom and other 04:58.582 --> 05:01.770 NATO allies and the EU uh as a clear 05:01.780 --> 05:05.730 message and sending a message that has 05:05.730 --> 05:08.680 consequences when the regime means 05:08.680 --> 05:11.660 behave the way they did one more 05:11.660 --> 05:13.549 Russian sector general , is there 05:13.549 --> 05:15.771 anything beyond sanctions than nature ? 05:15.771 --> 05:19.110 Can we have agreed a very strong 05:19.110 --> 05:21.332 statement where he strongly condemned ? 05:21.332 --> 05:23.880 I think the most important now is to 05:23.890 --> 05:26.840 make sure that uh those sanctions that 05:26.850 --> 05:29.440 are agreed are fully implemented . Uh 05:29.450 --> 05:31.561 and I also know that other allies are 05:31.561 --> 05:33.617 looking into whether you can step up 05:33.617 --> 05:36.970 further . It has to be clear that when 05:36.970 --> 05:39.081 a regime like regime means behaves in 05:39.081 --> 05:41.260 the way they did violating basic 05:41.260 --> 05:43.700 international norms and rules , we will 05:43.700 --> 05:46.320 impose costs on them . And I'm also 05:46.320 --> 05:48.490 sure that the NATO leaders when they 05:48.490 --> 05:50.657 meet this will be an issue . They will 05:50.657 --> 05:52.434 discuss our part as part of the 05:52.434 --> 05:54.930 response to the unacceptable behavior 05:54.930 --> 05:57.250 of Belarus , but also as part of their 05:57.260 --> 05:59.260 response to more assertive Russia . 05:59.260 --> 06:01.482 Because this is part of the behavior we 06:01.482 --> 06:03.704 also see Russia and dollars are working 06:03.704 --> 06:05.982 closely together . That's right . Okay , 06:05.982 --> 06:08.316 folks . Thank you very much . Thank you . 06:08.316 --> 06:10.371 Thank you . Thank you . That's mhm . 06:12.540 --> 06:14.450 Mhm . Yeah . Okay . 06:18.540 --> 06:18.750 Mhm .