The leaders of the 28 NATO countries will gather for the first time in two years starting Thursday in Wales, in western Britain, with an agenda very different from the one they had for their last summit.
When NATO leaders last met in Chicago, Afghanistan was at the top of their agenda, and Russia was considered a partner in addressing issues like terrorism and nuclear weapons proliferation. This year, responding to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its invasion of eastern Ukraine will top the agenda.
The alliance faces a “changed world,” according to NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
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Source: Voice of America
