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((PLAYBOOK SLUG: NATO Madrid Summit Preview - VOSR
HEADLINE: NATO Leaders Arrive in Madrid For Crucial Summit On Countering Russia, China
TEASER:
PUBLISHED AT: 6/28/2022 at 10:10am
BYLINE: Henry Ridgwell
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Madrid
VIDEOGRAPHER: Henry Ridgwell
PRODUCER: Marcus Harton
SCRIPT EDITORS: MAS
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X_ RADIO __
TRT: 1:41
VID APPROVED BY: MAS
TYPE: VOSR
EDITOR NOTES:))
((INTRO))
[[NATO leaders began arriving in Madrid Tuesday for a crucial summit on the alliance’s future – dominated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the threat Moscow poses to the West. Henry Ridgwell reports from the Spanish capital.]]
((NARRATOR))
((Henry Ridgwell, VOA News))
((Locator: Madrid))
The NATO summit here in Madrid caps several days of intense diplomacy. NATO heads of state are just arriving in the Spanish capital and over the next two days they will try to formulate a new strategic concept for the NATO alliance that will outline the threats and challenges to NATO. And it's expected to name Russia as the biggest challenge. But for the first time it will also name China as a challenge to NATO's security and interests.
The 30 NATO heads of state are also joined by leaders from Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand as they try to forge a global united front. U.S. President Joe Biden said the leaders would discuss the consequences of Russia's invasion, and that of course includes how much further assistance the West and NATO will give to Ukraine to try to challenge Russia's invasion.
The Secretary-General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg pledged a fundamental shift in the alliance's deterrence and defense, with plans to boost its rapid response force across Eastern Europe to more than 300-thousand troops, and especially increasing NATO's presence in vulnerable states like the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
There'll be talks on increasing defense spending across members too, and they'll also discuss the applications for membership by Finland and Sweden. Those are being held up currently by Turkey.
Now the big question is can the unity that's been displayed over recent months be maintained as the costs for NATO's members start to increase.
(OC...NATO’s members start to increase))
((OPTIONAL ON CAM TAG))
Thas was Henry Ridgwell reporting for VOA News from Madrid.
Transcript/Script
USAGM SHARE
((PLAYBOOK SLUG: NATO Madrid Summit Preview - VOSR
HEADLINE: NATO Leaders Arrive in Madrid For Crucial Summit On Countering Russia, China
TEASER:
PUBLISHED AT: 6/28/2022 at 10:10am
BYLINE: Henry Ridgwell
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Madrid
VIDEOGRAPHER: Henry Ridgwell
PRODUCER: Marcus Harton
SCRIPT EDITORS: MAS
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X_ RADIO __
TRT: 1:41
VID APPROVED BY: MAS
TYPE: VOSR
EDITOR NOTES:))
((INTRO))
[[NATO leaders began arriving in Madrid Tuesday for a crucial summit on the alliance’s future – dominated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the threat Moscow poses to the West. Henry Ridgwell reports from the Spanish capital.]]
((NARRATOR))
((Henry Ridgwell, VOA News))
((Locator: Madrid))
The NATO summit here in Madrid caps several days of intense diplomacy. NATO heads of state are just arriving in the Spanish capital and over the next two days they will try to formulate a new strategic concept for the NATO alliance that will outline the threats and challenges to NATO. And it's expected to name Russia as the biggest challenge. But for the first time it will also name China as a challenge to NATO's security and interests.
The 30 NATO heads of state are also joined by leaders from Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand as they try to forge a global united front. U.S. President Joe Biden said the leaders would discuss the consequences of Russia's invasion, and that of course includes how much further assistance the West and NATO will give to Ukraine to try to challenge Russia's invasion.
The Secretary-General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg pledged a fundamental shift in the alliance's deterrence and defense, with plans to boost its rapid response force across Eastern Europe to more than 300-thousand troops, and especially increasing NATO's presence in vulnerable states like the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
There'll be talks on increasing defense spending across members too, and they'll also discuss the applications for membership by Finland and Sweden. Those are being held up currently by Turkey.
Now the big question is can the unity that's been displayed over recent months be maintained as the costs for NATO's members start to increase.
(OC...NATO’s members start to increase))
((OPTIONAL ON CAM TAG))
Thas was Henry Ridgwell reporting for VOA News from Madrid.
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