
NATO allies declare Russia 'long-term threat', affirm support for Ukraine
NATO allies on Wednesday declared Russia a "long-term threat" to their collective security in a joint summit statement that also affirmed their "enduring" support for Ukraine.
The alliance's 32 countries said they stood "united in the face of profound security threats and challenges, in particular the long-term threat posed by Russia to Euro-Atlantic security" in a declaration adopted in The Hague.
"Allie reaffirm their enduring sovereign commitments to provide support to Ukraine, whose security contributes to ours," they said.
AFP
Hashtags

Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles


LBCI
3 hours ago
- LBCI
Trump says Zelensky meeting at NATO 'couldn't have been nicer'
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday his closely watched meeting in The Hague with Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky "couldn't have been nicer." "You know, we had a little rough time sometimes, but he couldn't have been nicer," said Trump of the meeting, seemingly referring to an infamous shouting match between the two leaders in the Oval Office. AFP


LBCI
3 hours ago
- LBCI
Trump says 'not upset' by Dutch anti-Islam leader Wilders' views
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was "not upset" by the anti-Islam views of Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders, after a meeting between the two men on the sidelines of the NATO summit. Asked if he was concerned by the anti-Muslim views of Wilders, Trump said: "I'm not upset about it. It's just his view. He's unhappy with the way things are going in this country."


LBCI
3 hours ago
- LBCI
Trump says will make Spain 'pay' on trade for resisting NATO spending hike
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to punish Spain on trade over Madrid's resistance to commit to NATO's new headline defense spending target of five percent of GDP. "They want a little bit of a free ride, but they'll have to pay it back to us on trade, because I'm not going to let that happen. It's unfair," Trump told journalists at the end of NATO's Hague summit. AFP