Scholz reaffirms resolve to strengthen Nato

Published June 10, 2022
A sailor signals to pilots of an Osprey assault aircraft as it takes off the flight deck of USS Kearsarge, assault an amphibious assault ship, during the BALTOPS exercise in the Baltic Sea on Wednesday. BALTOPS is the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic region. Led by US naval forces and executed by Nato, it provides a unique training opportunity to the alliance’s naval forces to strengthen their combined response capability—AFP
A sailor signals to pilots of an Osprey assault aircraft as it takes off the flight deck of USS Kearsarge, assault an amphibious assault ship, during the BALTOPS exercise in the Baltic Sea on Wednesday. BALTOPS is the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic region. Led by US naval forces and executed by Nato, it provides a unique training opportunity to the alliance’s naval forces to strengthen their combined response capability—AFP

BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed updating Nato’s strategic aims in the light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a phone call with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday.

In the call, laying the ground for Nato’s end-June Madrid summit, Scholz reaffirmed the German government’s resolve to contribute to the alliance to help it achieve its aims in the next decade, the spokesperson said. The two were set to meet in person in Berlin on Thursday but had to switch to speaking remotely after Stoltenberg was diagnosed with shingles.

Published in Dawn,June 10th, 2022

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