Europe and America need to be ready to act together
The NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow addressed the Munich Security Conference Kick-off event in Berlin (22 January) and called for America and Europe to be ready to act together when necessary in order to deal with common security challenges. “ I believe we all need an Alliance that is ready to deal with anything the future might throw at us. But I also believe that the transatlantic security burden needs to fundamentally rebalanced, and that European Allies must do more for their own and for our shared defence”, Ambassador Vershbow said.
The Deputy Secretary General added that the upcoming Alliance Summit in Wales will be an important opportunity for European nations to demonstrate that they are both willing and able to take on more responsibility for their own security and that of the world in which we live.