WASHINGTON — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday called on the defense alliance to stay united against an increasingly assertive Russia.
In rare remarks to a joint session of Congress to commemorate the 70th anniversary of NATO’s founding, Stoltenberg pushed back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticisms of the alliance, preaching a message of strength in unity while also praising the president’s insistence on other NATO members boosting their contributions to the alliance.
Citing Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, its cyber aggression across the globe, last year’s use of a nerve agent on a former spy, Moscow’s support of Bashar …read more
Source: European Voice
