NATO Secretary General Speaks to the Press following the Defense Ministerial

NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg discusses the outcomes of the final #DefMin before the #NATOSummit in Washington. #WeAreNATO
The main purpose of NATO is to prevent war and preserve peace. We do that by making sure that any potential adversary knows that an attack on one Ally will trigger a response from the whole Alliance. By doing that we have been able to prevent any military attack on any NATO Ally for 75 years.
NATO's purpose is peace. NATO's purpose is to prevent war. And we do that by credible deterrence and defense. 
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There is no doubt in many minds, including my mind, that Russia cannot be allowed to gain even one square foot of Ukraine's sovereign territory, as to the borders of Ukraine prior to the Russian illegal seizure of Crimea in 2014. Whether increased autonomy for Donbas can become part of an eventual peace agreement is an interesting question, but only if that autonomy is fully guaranteed, forbidding Russian annexation of the Donbas geopolitical region. Any agreement between nations, on the matter, thus needs to concentrate on providing the means to restoring full and unconditional sovereignty to Ukraine, a cessation of Russian hostilities and a complete withdrawal of all Russian military forces and military presence from all of Ukraine, inclusive of Crimea. I do not really believe that anything less would be, in any way, appropriate to the circumstances.

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Sound corrupted…