NATO Secretary General attends opening of UN General Assembly
Szöveg: honvedelem.hu / nato.int | 2014. szeptember 26. 9:17NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen joined other world leaders at the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday (24 September 2014). The session focused on a range of security threats to the international community, including the crisis in and around Ukraine, and the advance of ISIL in Syria and Iraq.
Mr. Fogh Rasmussen updated the UN Secretary General on the outcomes of the NATO Wales Summit, including the capacity building initiative to help strengthen local forces, in close coordination with international partners such as the UN.
Mr Fogh Rasmussen thanked the UN Secretary General for the close cooperation. He stressed that NATO and the UN have reached an unprecedented level of cooperation over the last five years, both in political terms and in operations, but there is further scope to develop relations in the future. They exchanged views on the UN-mandated NATO-led mission in Afghanistan and prospects for a new mission to train, advise and assist Afghan security forces from January.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Secretary General addressed cadets at the West Point United States Military Academy. He outlines NATO’s role and the importance of the transatlantic bond in a dramatically changed security landscape. On Monday (22 September 2014), Mr. Fogh Rasmussen participated in the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.
