{"id":19783,"date":"2023-11-30T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T22:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=19783"},"modified":"2023-11-30T00:00:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T22:00:38","slug":"nato-foreign-ministers-meet-in-brussels-to-discuss-russia-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/nato-foreign-ministers-meet-in-brussels-to-discuss-russia-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels to discuss Russia-Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NATO Foreign Ministers concluded two days of meetings in Brussels on November 29, 2023. The meeting was focused on addressing issues related to support for Ukraine, preparations for the NATO Washington Summit, and pressing security challenges, including in the Western Balkans and NATO\u2019s southern neighborhood.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crucial meeting comes at a time when there is opposition in the United States, as well as several other European countries regarding a military aid package and extended-term support plan for Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urged for persistent support for Ukraine in its resistance against Russia’s invasion. He underscored the importance of a unified and sustained backing for Ukraine within the NATO alliance, even as differing opinions and challenges emerge among member countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe just have to stay the course. This is also about our security interests,\u201d Secretary General Stoltenberg said at the meeting. He also underlined the substantial progress made by Ukraine this year, both on land and in the Black Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, he said that Russia is losing political influence in its near abroad, has incurred more than 300,000 casualties lost a substantial part of its conventional forces, and is under economic pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia is now \u201cweaker politically, militarily and economically year by year, Moscow is mortgaging its future to Beijing,\u201d he said, concluding that \u201call of this underlines Putin\u2019s strategic mistake in invading Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at NATO Headquarters on November 28, 2023. (Image Credit: NATO\/Erik Luntang erik)<\/sup><\/em>

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\u2018No fatigue\u2019 in Ukraine\u2019s support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite evident internal opposition among the U.S. political leadership regarding the support for Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that there is \u201cstrong bipartisan support\u201d for Ukraine in the United States. He said that he sees \u201cno sense of fatigue” among NATO allies continuing their support as the country enters its second winter of war against Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome are questioning whether the United States and other NATO allies should continue to stand with Ukraine as we enter the second winter of Putin’s brutality. But the answer here today at NATO is clear, and it is unwavering. We must and we will continue to support Ukraine,\u201d Blinken said during a press conference in Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m confident that the United States will continue to provide support because it is in the security interest of the United States to do so and it\u2019s also in line with what we have agreed,\u201d Stoltenberg said during his remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NATO Allies and partners are equipping and training Ukrainian soldiers to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia\u2019s war of aggression #ForMin<\/a> | #StandWithUkraine<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 pic.twitter.com\/nV1k4nQseq<\/a><\/p>\u2014 NATO (@NATO) November 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>