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25-05-2025
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NATO Parliamentary president: Keeping organization health worth the price
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — In an exclusive one-on-one interview with 2 NEWS, the president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly said much can be learned from the past, particularly the Bosnia-Serbia conflict that was ended with the Dayton Accords 30 years ago. 'The example that we should take immediately from that intervention is that through strength you can get peace,' said Marcos Perestrello. 'Without strength you will be vulnerable, and you won't be able to achieve peace.' While the lesson is the same, the game has changed. Now the U.S. and other NATO allies are forced to combat modern threats like cyberattacks. 'All NATO countries are very concerned with cybersecurity and are prepared to increase the defense capabilities on that area.' He said keeping NATO healthy requires a large financial investment, but it's worth the price. 'Establish what each country needs to give to NATO, to contribute to NATO, to assure the ability of NATO to defend the 1 billion citizens of the countries of the member countries,' said Perestrello. He realizes every NATO member country needs to play their part to continue to defend each other. 'I believe that at the end, what the U.S. administration wants is a stronger NATO, and we want the same,' Perestrello said. But without having each member nation on the same page, that could be a difficult task. 'Strategic goals involving things like military spending…That is also something that has to unite NATO as an ideal that all of us share,' said Tino Cuéllar, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The panel discussion largely involved ideas surrounding a Center for Democratic Resilience within NATO, with many of the panelist saying the work never ends because democracy takes everyone. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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25-05-2025
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NATO delegates explore Dayton outside the secure zone
During the day, delegates spend their time in meetings or panel discussions within the NATO Village. When the work day is done, they get to explore Dayton and the surrounding areas, enjoying everything the Miami Valley has to offer. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Delegates shared how their time here in Dayton is going with John Bedell on News Center at 11. One thing many delegates mentioned was how welcome they felt, including Portugal delegate and President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Marcos Perestrello. TRENDING STORIES: Shooting near Dayton schools injures 1, leads to chase on I-75 NATO security becomes impromptu guests at couple's wedding Minor arrested after police find group stealing cars 'Thank you to Dayton for the hospitality that gives name to the famous Midwest, warm hospitality,' Perestrello said. Many of the delegates visited the Oregon District for dinner on an Out On 5th night with great weather. 'We are seeing a lot of NATO guests last night for dinner, this morning for brunch, and then tonight for dinner,' Nikki Stargel, Salar's general manager, said. 'We've got a couple different delegations who are here.' Ramona Bruynseels is a member of parliament in Romania and is the Secretary of the Defense Commission while also sitting in the Budget Commission. 'People are very open and very nice, kind and communicative which is fantastic,' Bruynseels said. 'It's always nice to feel that you are welcome in a place.' She was grabbing drinks with delegates from Montenegro at Salar. 'There might be a language barrier but like food and drink doesn't need a language and people have been having a really nice time and enjoying themselves. We like giving them that comfy, fun space to just decompress a little bit and have a good night,' Stargel said. Some of the other delegates were out getting dinner at The Greene in Beavercreek. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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24-05-2025
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NATO Parliamentary Assembly talks security on day one in Dayton
May 23—To end the war in Ukraine will require moral strength and clarity of purpose, the president of NATO's Parliamentary Assembly declared as the first day of the assembly's spring session opened Friday at the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Center in downtown Dayton. "How this war ends will define the world we and our children live in," NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Marcos Perestrello said as hundreds of NATO delegates gathered in the Shuster Center's Winsupply Theater, which had been transformed for the event. Saying NATO faced the "most difficult security environment in a generation," Perestrello said the alliance must summon "clarity, unity and strength" to help end the war in Ukraine and rebalance defense investments. Perestrello acknowledged that change will be part of the challenge. President Donald Trump has called on NATO members to meet required defense investments as a percentage of national gross domestic product. "We must shift the transatlantic burden and responsibility within NATO," Perestrello said. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau welcomed delegates and applauded Dayton as the birthplace of the Dayton Peace Accords, which ended a 1990s war in the former Yugoslavia and which some have cited as a possible model for ending the war in Ukraine. "There are few more noble endeavors that seeking peace for yourself and for others," Landau said. The accords were crafted over 21 days at nearby Wright-Patterson Air Force Base 30 years ago this November, and U.S. Rep. Mike Turner said delegates and invited guests can look forward to a performance of the Sarajevo Philharmonic at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force this weekend. He praised the base's role in "in bringing the leaders of the Balkan areas to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to bring an end to the bloodshed and to the horrific war" in that region, and he challenged delegates to take the lessons of the Dayton accords and apply them "prospectively" to Ukraine. However, during a panel discussion Friday, when asked what lessons the accords offer that could be applied toward Ukraine, Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden, declared to applause: "None." "This is a different kind of conflict," Bildt said. "With Ukraine, you have Russia trying to rebuild an empire." Landau said the Trump administration was willing to be a partner in assisting NATO, but he warned that the administration would seek to avoid what he called the "extremes" of "relitigating ancient grievances" and "wishing for transcendental transformation." "We in the Trump administration are willing to provide our good offices to improve conditions but only if our involvement is wanted and warranted," Landau said, adding that the administration offers "new thinking." In a recent policy address in Saudi Arabia, Landau reminded delegates, Trump "acknowledged the disasters of U.S. efforts at nation-building around the world in recent decades and the pride, the arrogance, of those who get on airplanes in foreign lands and think that they have all the answers." NATO's highest ranking representative is coming to Dayton this weekend, the alliance also announced Friday. The NATO secretary general, Mark Rutte, will take part in sessions Sunday and Monday. The assembly meets in Dayton through Monday. The assembly is a transatlantic forum that brings together 281 parliamentarians from NATO's 32 member countries. More than 500 participants are expected to visit the city, Perestrello said.
