Jiri Dienstbier Quotes

NATO and the EU have also agreed on permanent arrangements on consultation and cooperation between themselves.

We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.

I think NATO is a Cold War product. I think NATO historically should have shut up shop in 1990 along with the Warsaw Pact; unfortunately, it didn't.

We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.

For the United States to be a global leader, we have to have a very tight relationship with Europe. And we've held that relationship since 1949 when we established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO. NATO is the bond. It's a security bond.

Our policy is European and Euro-Atlantic integration. There is no substitute for NATO.

The United States, obviously, has a great interest in helping to maintain peace and security in Europe, and we have a formal alliance, NATO, to do so.

You say that NATO is not directed against us, that it is simply a security structure that is adapting to new realities. Therefore, we propose to join NATO.

NATO is indispensable to America's national security.

It is axiomatic that the security of America and Europe are linked.

The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.

NATO was constructed on the - with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault. Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?

Albania does not feel alone. It is part of the Partnership for Peace structures in NATO, and it will do what it can within that.

NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.

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There is a lot of juggling between NATO commitment and domestic politics in most countries [belonging to NATO.]

NATO is the most important military alliance in world history.

A strong E.U., a strong NATO, and a true strategic partnership between them is profoundly in our interest.

The idea that the EU is somehow the guarantor of peace on the continent - that is in itself rash, in my view, and risks undermining the vital role of Nato.

We created NATO. It was a United States invention for the collective security of Europe. It has been a Russian desire since 1947 to break up NATO.

With respect to Euro-Atlantic integration, we have to realize that we need to normalize the relationships with our neighbors, and especially with Russia.

It is possible there will be much less support for NATO because there is a lot of identification of the United States with NATO.

All the Baltic countries have been steadfast in support of allies of the United States since they gained their independence following the fall of the Soviet Union and have continued to be supportive in the ongoing war on terror.

We will continue to be a big contributor to NATO and our interests will be more secure.

For me it is completely clear that our air bases in Germany would be available to the Americans.