NATO Secretary General to Putin: Stop This War Immediately

BRUSSELS – Secretary General NATO Jens Stoltenberg asks the President Russia Vladimir Putin to “immediately” stop the war in Ukraine, adding that Russia’s attempts to undermine the alliance had failed.

“President Putin must immediately stop this war (and) carry out diplomacy in good faith,” Stoltenberg said at an extraordinary meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Belgium. CNBCThursday (17/3/2022).

At the same time, he said the military alliance had agreed to double its support for Ukraine, providing further military supplies, financial assistance and humanitarian assistance.

Stoltenberg added that NATO member states will expand their defenses on land, air, sea and space in response to the new realities for security, praising new financing commitments from Germany and Denmark.

“President Putin’s goal is to weaken NATO. What he is doing is to strengthen NATO. He is getting more NATO on his borders,” he said.

Asked whether NATO had changed its stance on Ukraine’s pleas quickly, Stoltenberg said the alliance had not changed.

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“Our message to Ukraine is the same as it has been for years… he has a right to choose his path,” Stoltenberg told a news conference.

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