'We strengthen NATO': Zelensky assures Secretary General Stoltenberg

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'We strengthen NATO': Zelensky assures Secretary General Stoltenberg   'We strengthen NATO. We are strong guys. We have a strong army, and we are fighting against this tyrant, (Vladimir) Putin,' says Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky while speaking about Ukraine eventually joining NATO. 'We will support you on your irreversible path to NATO membership,' assures NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as the two leaders spoke at a press conference on the sidelines of the NATO Summit.   AFP VIDEO   Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein    #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #nato  #ukraine

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00:00Good afternoon, President Zelensky, dear Vladimir, it's great to see you again and welcome to

00:07the NATO Summit.

00:10Here 32 countries have joined the declaration and today we signed another security agreement.

00:17We strengthen NATO.

00:20We are strong guys.

00:23We have strong army.

00:26And we are fighting against this tyrant, Putin.

00:31And that's why Ukraine and NATO, this is both success.

00:35In our meeting just now, you and I agreed that all of these elements, a NATO command,

00:41more funding, more military support, more security agreements and more interoperability

00:48constitute a bridge to NATO membership and a very strong package for Ukraine.

00:55Ukraine's future is in NATO.

00:58I welcome your progress on reforms and as you continue this important work, we will

01:04support you on your irreversible path to NATO membership.

01:10First of all, we appreciate the decision on air defence, five batteries for Ukraine and

01:16dozens of other systems and we expect them to be delivered as soon as possible so that

01:24as many lives as possible can be saved.

01:27So yes, we see a Russian attempt to intimidate us from providing support, but we see that

01:33it has, if anything, the opposite effect on NATO Allies, they're actually stepping up

01:38their support for Ukraine.

01:39Let me add one more thing, is that we have seen arrests across the Alliance, in the United

01:44Kingdom, in Germany, in Poland, in Baltic countries, following these hostile actions

01:51and of course there are ongoing legal processes and what NATO does is also to increase intelligence

01:58sharing to help Allies to protect against these actions.

02:04But since Russia opened a new front in Kharkiv, the front line and the board line is more

02:09or less the same.

02:10So the only way to hit military targets, missile launchers or airfields which are conducting

02:18attacks against Ukraine is to hit military targets on Russian territory because the

02:23front line and the board line is more or less the same.

02:25And therefore I welcome that Allies have reduced, loosened their restrictions and there is no

02:30doubt that Ukraine has the right to use weapons, they have received their own weapons but also

02:37weapons that have been donated by Allies to hit legitimate military targets on Russian

02:44territory.

02:45With all respect to everybody, with all respect to all the countries, in big and small countries,

02:56but we have to understand that not all the leaders, all the leaders can make negotiations.

03:04You need to have some power for this.

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