7:45 P.M. WET PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, thank you very much. Good evening, everyone. It is a pleasure to be here with President Barroso and President Van Rompuy. I am proud to be here. I was proud to meet…
Archive: November 20, 2010
4:47 P.M. WET PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everyone. We have just concluded an extremely productive NATO summit, and I want to thank our hosts, the government and the people of Portugal, for their hospitality in this beautiful city of…
2:02 P.M. WET FOREIGN MINISTER ESPERSEN: Well, hi, everyone. I’m Lene Espersen. I’m the Danish Foreign Minister. And with me I have the foreign ministers of Lithuania, the Foreign Minister of Hungary, the Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, the…
The President says ratifying the New START, a pivotal treaty with Russia on nuclear weapons, must happen this year. He explains that failure to ratify the treaty this year would not only mean losing our nuclear inspectors in Russia, but…
During his November 19-20 trip to Lisbon, President Obama joined NATO allies and partners in three historic meetings to address current and future security challenges around the globe. The President and NATO leaders secured the ongoing transformation of the most…
We, the leaders of the European Union and the United States, met today in Lisbon to re-affirm our close partnership. Our shared values and political experience and our deep economic interdependence constitute an extraordinary resource. As we both face new…
Today we commemorate 77 years since the tragic events of the “Holodomor,” when millions of innocent Ukrainians perished as a result of the deliberate policies of Joseph Stalin. Americans join with the Ukrainian people and ethnic Ukrainians around the world…
We, the Heads of State and Government of the NATO-Russia Council, met today in Lisbon and affirmed that we have embarked on a new stage of cooperation towards a true strategic partnership. We reaffirmed all the goals, principles and commitments…
President Obama will welcome President Bronislaw Komorowski of Poland to the White House on Wednesday, December 8. Poland and the United States are essential allies, partnering together around the world to promote peace, prosperity, democracy, and freedom. We are bound…
http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_68724.htm Context 1. Recognising that stability and prosperity in Afghanistan are of strategic importance to the security of the North Atlantic region, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, after seven years…
