Have the arab spring and it was during the strikes against libya, and the objective was to restore democracy in libya. Two years later, its now in libya. Its no man land. And libya is destroyed, as afghanistan, iraq, dont speak about yemen, sudan, and all these conflicts. Do you think dont you think if you are going to enter military or us to other partners to make war against this socalled Islamic State, dont you think thats going to make also jordan and lebanon, maybe iran, and other countries . Second question, mr. Secretary secretary quickly. The arab Public Opinions knows that the main reason of instability in the area is because the International Community didnt find a solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, and its not the Israeli Palestinian con. The israeli arab conflict. Dont you think if nato, European Union, eu member states, exert pressures against israel, so as to accept King Abdullah for peace which was accepted by all arab countries, without restrictions, because
[inaudible] a chance of success we must be prepared to back up diplomatic soft power with military hard power when necessary. We must not only develop the capabilities we need, we must also demonstrate the political will to use them when required. So i welcome the important efforts by the United States and other allies and partners to act against the socalled Islamic State. We have seen again and again that crisis breeds crisis. Force is still effective. And if we fail to defend freedom and democracy oppression will seize their opportunity. We have seen again and again that appeasement does not lead to peace. It just incites tyrants. Any failure to counter oppression will only invite further oppression. That is the lesson of the 20th century, a lesson we must never forget. Remains the last resort,t be able to resort to it when we need to, not to wait for but to build peace. Ladies and gentlemen, i am very proud to have served this unique alliance. Nato is the only permanent framework w
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Urges people to comply. We cannot allow ourselves to become complacent against this virus and end these measures prematurely. Downing street says the Prime Minister continues to be in very good spirits in hospital after leaving intensive care his father urges him to rest. New york starts to bury some of its dead in mass graves with nearly 160,000 people infected with coronavirus across the state. Here, there are concerns that postal workers arent being fully protected from covid i9. I will be back with you at a 3pm continuing coronavirus coverage. Now on bbc news, Stephen Sackur talks to the secretary general of nato to hear how the Coronavirus Crisis is affecting european security. Welcome to hardtalk. Im Stephen Sackur. The coronavirus pandemic is a multi layered Global Crisis. It starts with public health, of course, but it reaches deep into the World Economy and the Global Security system, too. Could fears of covid i9 be used for malign purposes . Will this crisis undermine or enha
Now im bbc news, hard talk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The coronavirus pandemic is a multi layered Global Crisis. It starts with public health, of course, but it reaches deep into the World Economy and the Global Security system, too. Could fears of covid 19 be used for malign purposes . Will this crisis undermine or enhance multilateral institutions . Well, my guest today is the secretary general of nato, jens stoltenberg. Has nato risen to the coronavirus challenge . Jens stoltenberg, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me. Let me ask you this how is the Coronavirus Crisis, the pandemic across the world, affecting natos ability to carry out its mission . The reality is that nato is carrying out its mission as we did before the crisis. Of course, we have made some adjustments. We have to also take take into our organisation the consequences of the Coronavirus Crisis but fundamentally, we continue to provide the terrorism defence, we maintain our operational