deputy secretary general of nato rose gottemoeller speaking to the w.'s tara schultz in brussels or we're going to stay with the theme of syria a more uplifting one albeit the berlin international film festival opening next month is known for showcasing movies that address the social and political issues of the day while last year's program was devoted to refugees and migration and this year a well known shift from syria and a refugee herself will be cooking for guests at the opening reception and here is her story. conjuring up the taste of damascus bringing the craziness of her home country like fried okra to germany is maliki just marty's passion such year old migrant hopes that she can help germans learn more about her heritage. they drive our food in the city they see it it's good food it's not all the people seem to do we have only falafel and. it's very big maliki has been practicing his skills in the shared kitchen of this refugee shelter and. she now runs a catering business making the dishes she grew up with. she's also published a cookbook whi

terry schulz in brussels but the question tomato's number two, deputy secretary general rose gottemoellery: you just returned from turkey, where tensions are rising in northwestern syria between allies of nato. are you concerned that this could move from a political class to a military clash? rose: i am not worried. i have been watching very closely what has been said in washington and and kara. the countries seem to be closely communicating with each other. they seem to be paying attention to making sure the other is informed. so i am not worried. of course, in general, nato is always worried when lives are being lost. that goes for syria, turkey. that goes for afghanistan, iraq, anywhere in the world. in that sense, we are worried about conflict. terry: the german foreign minister is calling for nato to take a stronger role to facilitate more dialogue between turkey and the u.s. clearly, allies are worried. what more can nato do? rose: first of all, nato is already actively on the ground in turkey. we are not operating in syria, the we are on the ground in turkey, providing for air defe

always take shots in brussels put that very question to nato's number two the secretary general rose gottemoeller. madam deputy secretary general you've just returned from turkey where tensions are rising in northwestern syria between two allies of nato are you concerned that this could move from a pill that political class to a military clash i'm not worried i've been watching very closely what has been said both in washington and then on crow the two countries seem to be closely communicating with each other they seem to be paying attention to deconstruction they seem to be paying attention to making sure that the other is informed so i'm not worried of course in general nato is always worried when lives are being lost and that goes for syria turkey that goes for afghanistan iraq anywhere in the world so in that sense we are worried about conflict the german foreign minister is calling for a nato to take a stronger role to sort of facilitate more dialogue between turkey and the u.s. so clearly allies are worried what more can nato do first of all nato is already active on the ground in turkey w

rose gottemoeller nato's deputy secretary general speaking there to do teri schultz in brussels want to tell you about some of the some of the other stories making news around the world. in south korea at least thirty seven people have died in a fire in a hospital in the city of near young fire broke out in the emergency room of the hospital which also operates as a home for the elderly it's not yet known what calls the blaze voters in the czech republic have begun casting ballots in the country's two day presidential runoff pro russia anti immigrant incumbents me last salmon had been favored to win a second term but the latest opinion polls who it was point to a neck and neck race with challenge or jury draw as was me. german chancellor angela merkel and her conservatives have begun a formal coalition talks with this social democrats the two sides stressed the need for speeding negotiations and set a deadline of february the fourth for wrapping up talks to form a government while any coalition deal will still have to be voted on by s.p.d. party members. and we're going to stick with

s terra show sat down with nato deputy secretary general rose gottemoeller the american diplomat is an expert on arms control and international security issues on the prospect of a new nuclear arms race. as somebody who has spent their entire life working for arms control how does it feel to know that the perception. for many people is that nuclear conflict what you've spent your entire professional career working against is closer than ever that we truly are facing the possibility of a new arms race i think that's an important point once again that we have at the present time a situation where. where the major nuclear powers are proceeding with nuclear modernization and the united states is modernizing the nuclear triad i frankly support that as long as nuclear weapons are in the world the united states needs to maintain a safe secure and effective arsenal and the age of the current u.s. arsenal is such that it's hard to maintain its safety frankly going forward so in my view modernization is necessary but it must be coupled with continuing work on disarmament so it's fine if we moder

can talk to teri schultz says she's in brussels sat down with nato deputy secretary general rose gottemoeller for an exclusive interview with the u.s. diplomat as an expert on arms control terry you know president trump wants to modernize the u.s. nuclear arsenal he wants to make it the best in the world what's the feeling there are there fears particularly in nato that we're going to see this arsenal increase in size well actually when president trump talks about modernization that's something that's not controversial everyone agrees the u.s. arsenal is in bad need of renovation and needs to be modernized and it already has a price tag of some one point two trillion dollars that's not the problem the problem is in capabilities president trying to even says he's not going to add weapons that the size is going to remain the same this is something the deputy secretary general rose got to miller agreed with and it's important to note that she was an advisor to the trumpet ministration on the nuclear posture review the n.p.r. that seemed to be coming out nuclear weapons in my view should never be

bring in now did i ever use terry shoals who sat down with the nato deputy secretary general rose gottemoeller for an exclusive interview at the mall as an expert on arms control good morning terry is there the threat of a new nuclear arms race. well i think that we are definitely seeing the threat of a new nuclear arms race as we just heard in this report the u.s. and nato believe russia at this time has already deployed a missile that is in violation of the i.n.f. treaty the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty and they say that russia must come back into compliance if not there's a real risk that the u.s. will try to develop a system that matches those capabilities as you heard president trump has already given authority to start drafting plans for those for those missiles which is not in violation of the treaty but the next few months will tell us a lot about that as the u.s. and nato try to bring russia back into compliance with the i n f at the same time and this was key for deputy secretary general go to miller the new start treaty is another arms control treaty with russia and that

years teri schultz got the chance to sit down with nato deputy secretary general rose gottemoeller for an exclusive interview now the american diplomat is an expert on arms control international security here's what she had to say about the prospect of a new nuclear arms race as somebody who has spent their entire life working for arms control how does it feel to know that the perception. for many people is that nuclear conflict what you've spent your entire professional career working against is closer than ever that we truly are facing the possibility of a new arms race i think that's an important point once again that we have at the present time a situation where. where the major nuclear powers are proceeding with nuclear modernization and the united states is modernizing the nuclear triad i frankly support that as long as nuclear weapons are in the world the united states needs to maintain a safe secure and effective arsenal and the age of the current u.s. arsenal is such that it's hard to maintain its safety frankly going forward so in my view modernization is necessary but it mus