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France's NATO allies would "very seriously" consider any official request by President Emmanuel Macron to become more involved in the war against Islamist groups in the Sahel region of Africa, NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told FRANCE 24 on Friday. Stoltenberg said he expects NATO allies to give a "positive response".
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg insists that NATO members will consult and decide together on when to leave Afghanistan, after US President Donald Trump vowed to bring American troops home by Christmas. He was speaking during a news conference after talks with North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. SOUNDBITE
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that the United States is not pulling its forces out of Iraq, denying that there is a signed letter from the US side announcing an exit. "Our policy has not changed. We are not leaving Iraq," Esper tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warns that Iran must avoid "further violence and provocations", after the alliance held emergency talks on the growing crisis in the Middle East. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says in a press conference that the allies "do not and will not" recognise Russia's "illegal" annexation of Crimea .