To summit that will take place in washington, d. C. Over the summer. Good morning, everyone. On behalf of the Atlantic Council, its my pleasure to welcome you to todays event, nato at 75, an alliance for a better world. 75 years ago today, 12 countries came together to sign the washington treaty. Marking the very beginning of what would become the worlds most powerful and successful military alliance. In 1949, nato was founded to provide collective security and defense and prevent the outbreak of yet another world war. In the 75 years that have followed, nato has welcomed 20 additional allies, all committed to safeguarding Democratic Values and to promoting peace and stability in the euro Atlantic Region and beyond. This anniversary is unquestionably a moment to take stock and celebrate the accomplishments of the most successful alliance in history. These celebrations are taking place against a backdrop of tremendous uncertainty. War is raging in europe and the Global Security environm
To summit that will take place in washington, d. C. Over the summer. Good morning, everyone. On behalf of the Atlantic Council, its my pleasure to welcome you to todays event, nato at 75, an alliance for a better world. 75 years ago today, 12 countries came together to sign the washington treaty. Marking the very beginning of what would become the worlds most powerful and successful military alliance. In 1949, nato was founded to provide collective security and defense and prevent the outbreak of yet another world war. In the 75 years that have followed, nato has welcomed 20 additional allies, all committed to safeguarding Democratic Values and to promoting peace and stability in the euro Atlantic Region and beyond. This anniversary is unquestionably a moment to take stock and celebrate the accomplishments of the most successful alliance in history. These celebrations are taking place against a backdrop of tremendous uncertainty. War is raging in europe and the Global Security environm
To summit that will take place in washington, d. C. Over the summer. Good morning, everyone. On behalf of the Atlantic Council, its my pleasure to welcome you to todays event, nato at 75, an alliance for a better world. 75 years ago today, 12 countries came together to sign the washington treaty. Marking the very beginning of what would become the worlds most powerful and successful military alliance. In 1949, nato was founded to provide collective security and defense and prevent the outbreak of yet another world war. In the 75 years that have followed, nato has welcomed 20 additional allies, all committed to safeguarding Democratic Values and to promoting peace and stability in the euro Atlantic Region and beyond. This anniversary is unquestionably a moment to take stock and celebrate the accomplishments of the most successful alliance in history. These celebrations are taking place against a backdrop of tremendous uncertainty. War is raging in europe and the Global Security environm
This is r. T. International coming to you live from moscow im Kate Partridge thank you for joining us. The u. S. Has urged turkey not to attack syrias african region and focus on fighting isis instead thats according to the state department spikes person has a know it we would call. Certainly on the turks to not take any actions of that sort dont want them to engage in the violence but we want them to keep focused on isis. Well turkey threatened on to intervention in the kurdish held african region after the u. S. Was planning to work with kurdish fighters in establishing a socalled border force in syria but following ankaras furious reaction washington seemed to have fun trying to see the original correspondent would have guessed the of explains. Turkey isnt kidding around day after day it is pulling more tanks and more missiles more troops to the Syrian Border this is the predator you would to a new war a war within the u. S. Led coalition should. Now americas acknowledged its establ
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