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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".
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
According to a report by Reuters, on Thursday, acting US Defense Secretary Mark Esper appealed to NATO allies to publicly denounce Iran's hostile actions and consider participating in an evolving plan to better safeguard strategic waterways around the Strait of Hormuz. While speaking at the NATO headquarters in his international debut as Pentagon chief, Esper said, “I discussed the need to internationalize this issue by encouraging NATO allies and regional partners to voice their opposition to Iran’s bad behavior and to help us deter further provocative acts by improving maritime security."
In an opinion piece for CNN, world affairs columnist Frida Ghitis says that during the conference on Middle East security this week, the United States staged a big diplomatic show. It was an effort to rally the world behind the Trump administration's aggressive stance against Iran. But instead of unifying its allies under a common cause, the administration only highlighted the growing rift between the US and its Western European allies. Altogether, more than 60 countries participated in the conference co-hosted by Poland and the US State Department. But numbers alone don't signify a diplomatic triumph. After all, key NATO allies like France and Germany sent only mid-level officials. Furthermore, Ghitis argues American diplomats clumsily overshadowed the points of agreement regarding Iran.
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