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Biden to Join NATO Leaders at Summit 04/22 06:00
U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders of NATO member countries plan to
discuss tense ties with Russia and China, the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
and the future of the 30-nation military alliance at a summit in Belgium on
June 14.
BRUSSELS (AP) -- U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders of NATO member
countries plan to discuss tense ties with Russia and China, the troop
withdrawal from Afghanistan and the future of the 30-nation military alliance
at a summit in Belgium on June 14.
The meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels will be a face-to-face
opportunity for Biden to rebuild relations with leaders from Europe and Canada
that became strained under former President Donald Trump.
"This is a unique opportunity to reinforce NATO as the enduring embodiment
of the bond between Europe and North America," NATO Secretary General Jens
Stoltenberg said Thursday in a statement.
Stoltenberg said the meeting will focus on the security "challenges of today
and tomorrow: Russia's aggressive actions, the threat of terrorism,
cyber-attacks, emerging and disruptive technologies, the security impact of
climate change, and the rise of China."
The meeting will take place as NATO-led troops leave Afghanistan, the
alliance's biggest and most challenging operation ever, with the aim of being
gone by Sept. 11 at the latest. NATO allies activated the organization's
collective defense clause for the first and only time after the 9/11 attacks on
New York and Washington in 2001 to rally to the defense of the United States.
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