NATO future strategy discussed in Baku

NATO's new strategic concept is designed to determine the alliance's further steps to repel new threats, Polish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Michal Labenda said.

"NATO's new strategic concept is designed to determine the alliance's further steps to repel new threats," he said at an international conference on "NATO After the Lisbon Summit: A New Strategic Concept" in Baku. "The current common security threats were included in five points at the NATO summit in Lisbon - the situation in Afghanistan, cyber security, security from weapons of mass destruction, international terrorism and protection against natural disasters."

The NATO summit was held in Lisbon on Nov. 19-20.

The Polish diplomat called for resuming the dialogue between NATO and Russia as an important achievement at the summit. Labenda said the NATO-Russia Council is an important part of implementing the Corfu Process.

The Corfu Process aims to ensure European security. NATO is open to cooperation with Russia, he added. Not only NATO member countries, but also partner countries will benefit from such an alliance, Labenda said.

He stressed that a true partnership must be based on transparency, openness, predictability and responsibility. The diplomat said it is important to create a single missile defense system in Europe. All NATO countries can only be protected from a nuclear threat this way, he said.


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