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NATO has invited Macedonia to start accession talks, said Alliance leader Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference at the end of the first day of the summit in Brussels. He said that Macedonia would become the thirtieth state of the Covenant when the approval procedures for the agreement between Skopje and Athens would be completed. If the people of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia do not support the agreement on the name, the country will not be accepted into the alliance, Stoltenberg answers the question of a journalist Macedonian
NATO convened the most nightmarish meeting [19659003] for years on Wednesday 1965
commented on Western publications. The reason is the relationship between the United States and Europe, which have long been less painful because of US tariffs and President Donald Trump's claims to increase their defense spending. The forum is represented by the President of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev.
The meeting began explosively. "Germany is a prisoner of Russia because it receives 60 to 70% of its energy from Russia," Trump said on a Strumtenberg snack, after Berlin's agreement with Moscow on the North Stream 2 Pipeline
. Everyone is talking about it all over the world, they say we are paying you billions of dollars to protect you and you pay billions of dollars to Russia, "said Trump, pointing out that Germany was completely controlled by Moscow
that according to official data, Berlin imports 35.2% of oil and gas from Russia, but North Stream
It is not up to NATO to decide on Extension of the Nord Stream pipeline, "said Mr Stoltenberg. He noted that there were disagreements among the Allies about this project.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's answer was not too late. "I personally experienced how part of Germany was controlled by the USSR.I am very pleased that we, the Federal Republic of Germany, are today united. That is why we can say that we are running an independent policy and making independent decisions, "she said in Brussels.
The US president has long criticized NATO allies for failing to meet their commitment to defend 2% of GDP. At the meeting
Trump asked
to double
sums for NATO
to 4%. "First answer the goal of 2%," replies Stoltenberg
The billionaire's president talks about money and an attitude of power, estimates the French newspaper Figaro [19659006]. that Merkel even badumed that Europe could no longer rely on the United States in the field of security
It is probably one of the reasons for this meeting that one of the main topics is the creation of a borderless zone in Europe for the transition of troops and tanks in order to react as quickly as possible possible threat of Russia. A few months ago, the media called this military Schengen. The goal is to facilitate the pbadage of military equipment and personnel. Now, for 40 days now, it must be done for 5.
The first ladies with Tchaikovsky and chocolate
The first ladies accompanying the leaders in Brussels attended a concert of clbadical music. Tchaikovsky's chamber music was chosen. Among them was Desislava Radeva, the wife of the Bulgarian president. Alliance leaders were invited to a chocolate tasting and a fashion show
US President Donald Trump in Brussels was hailed by none of the top officials of the Belgian authorities because & # 39; 39, at that moment they were watching the France – Belgium World Cup match.
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