your policies in the country which counterbalancing actually it's dear colleagues of the north atlantic alliance. balancing their criticism of this i think it's quite important for from moscow and with without having to go on board with his policy on syria or the reconstruction with the return of refugees than dealing with the kurds it will be almost impossible to. smoothly it went so also with the collateral damage and with. civilians it's so it's kind of tit for tat and i want to say that indications that erdogan is quite critical of syrian regime and bashar lots of it doesn't mean that he blames russia for that and also doesn't mean that he supports russia on its policies well actually we have to take a very short break now but he will be back in just a few moments stay tuned. and there are some was someone said all of them mama. i don't mama little bit of that of. the old a little. i'm not getting through a lot what if they're going to be chilcote going to know. what. sort of. what i mean yanukovych. so for this family. the question is for us but all. here for everyone that is for you. in tw

supports your policies in the country which counterbalancing actually its dear colleagues of the north atlantic alliance. balancing their criticism of this i think it's quite important for from moscow and with without having a gun on board with his policy on syria or the reconstruction with the return of refugees then dealing with the kurds it will be almost impossible to to finalize the no two to be the fruit of the syrian complaint alex i wonder though whether. carrie care response to russia with the similar degree of understanding and accommodation and i will give you one example i was watching c.n.n. turk the other day and they ran a report there from a it lip about a father of a household who is stocking on gas masks for his children and that man actually said that he is in fear of a chemical attack coming not from the syrian army but from the russians and that shows to me that the aired on friendly media which c.n.n. turk definitely is. quite happy with stirring the russian sentiment there is no law lost for moscow in ankara is there yeah but it's politics i mean should be no surprise about that i

aggressive plans but nato has condemned the drills as rehearsal for a large scale conflict the north atlantic alliance has also been testing capabilities british french and german jets simulated flight interceptions over western europe on wednesday to deter russian planes from entering nato airspace russia and the west haven't seem quite so hostile since the cold war these military exercises with china coincide with russia hosting the chinese president and other asian leaders at the eastern economic forum here in the pacific port city of light of all stock and taken together these two things show the russia are increasingly seen as its partners in interests in this part of the world more that in the capitals of europe and the united states will reach islands al-jazeera but it will stop. that to the un humanitarian coordinator in yemen says hundreds of thousands of real lives sorry about that. are at the u.n. we're going to go to yemen and the u.n. humanitarian coordinator for yemen says hundreds of thousands of lives hang in the balance as intense fighting between sound erratic coalition and who the r

aggressive plans but nato has condemned the drills as rehearsal for a large scale conflict the north atlantic alliance has also been testing capabilities british french and german jets simulated flight interceptions over western europe on wednesday to deter russian planes from entering nato airspace russia and the west haven't seem quite so hostile since the cold war these military exercises with china coincide with russia hosting the chinese president and other asian leaders at the eastern economic forum here in the pacific port city of lot of rostock and taken together these two things show the russia are increasingly seen as its partners in interests in this part of the world more than in the capitals of europe and the united states will reach islands how does era radical stop. as rory mentioned these military maneuvers as tensions between the west and russia intensifies so russia turning east romney put in and she didn't bring have announced stronger ties but can russia and china actually trust each other a very interesting discussion on this on inside story at al-jazeera the call. it was hailed a

aggressive plans but nato has condemned the drills as rehearsal for a large scale conflict the north atlantic alliance has also been testing capabilities british french and german jets simulated flight interceptions over western europe on wednesday to deter russian planes from entering nato airspace russia and the west haven't seem quite so hostile since the cold war these military exercises with china coincide with russia hosting the chinese president and other asian leaders at the eastern economic forum here in the pacific port city of lot of rostock and taken together these two things show the russia are increasingly see its partners in interests in this part of the world more than in the capitals of europe and the united states will reach islands how does era radical stop. the u.s. has suggested that it may consider visa bans and targeted sanctions against chinese officials all over beijing's treatment of ethnic wages and other muslims and province the un has accused china of holding up to a million wages in secret and turn macam so they're being forced to abandon their religion a senior u.s. stat

aggressive plans but nato has condemned the drills as rehearsal for a large scale conflict the north atlantic alliance has also been testing capabilities british french and german jets simulated flight interceptions over western europe on wednesday to deter russian planes from entering nato airspace russia and the west haven't seem quite so hostile since the cold war these military exercises with china coincide with russia hosting the chinese president and other asian leaders at the eastern economic forum here in the pacific port city of lot of rostock and taken together these two things show that russia are increasingly seen as its partners in interests in this part of the world more than in the capitals of europe and the united states will reach islands how does era radical stop the u.n. humanitarian coordinator in yemen says hundreds of thousands of lives hang in the balance as intense fighting between the saudi and iraqi coalition and hoofy rebels escalates in the port city of who data commanders of the iraqi coalition say they continue to control a main supply route in the region and the fighters

aggressive plans but nato has condemned the drills as a rehearsal for a large scale conflict the north atlantic alliance has also been testing capabilities british french and german jets simulated flight interceptions over western europe on wednesday to deter russian planes from entering nato airspace russia and the west haven't seem quite so hostile since the cold war these military exercises with china coincide with russia hosting the chinese president and other asian leaders at the eastern economic forum here in the pacific port city of lot of rostock and taken together these two things show the russia are increasingly seen as its partners in interests in this part of the world more than in the capitals of europe and the united states will reach islands how does era logical step. to go to syria now president there don said turkey wouldn't turn a blind eye as civilians are killed in italy province and it seems that he's keeping his word a turkish convoy made up of tanks and other heavy vehicles as reached an open ovation point in the town of moore take in serious harm with a strict it's one of the clo

aggressive plans but nato has condemned the drills as rehearsal for a large scale conflict the north atlantic alliance has also been testing capabilities british french and german jets simulated flight interceptions over western europe on wednesday to deter russian planes from entering nato airspace russia and the west haven't seem quite so hostile since the cold war these military exercises with china coincide with russia hosting the chinese president and other asian leaders at the eastern economic forum here in the pacific port city of lot of rostock and taken together these two things show the russia increasingly see its partners and interests in this part of the world more than in the capitals of europe and the united states will reach islands how does era but it will stop. the un is warning that hundreds of thousands of lives hang in the balance as fighting escalates in the port city of data yemeni forces backed by the saudi and iraqi coalition have seized the main road into the city it's one of the main who is the supply routes linking that to the rebel held capital who the fighters have been do

aggressive plans but nato has condemned the drills as rehearsal for a large scale conflict the north atlantic alliance has also been testing capabilities british french and german jets simulated flight interceptions over western europe on wednesday to deter russian planes from entering nato airspace russia and the west haven't seem quite so hostile since the cold war these military exercises with china coincide with russia hosting the chinese president and other asian leaders at the eastern economic forum here in the pacific port city of light of rostock and taken together these two things show that russia are increasingly seen as its partners in interests in this part of the world more than in the capitals of europe and the united states for each island's al-jazeera logical step .

aggressive plans but nato has condemned the drills as a rehearsal for a large scale conflict the north atlantic alliance has also been testing capabilities british french and german jets simulated flight interceptions over western europe on wednesday to deter russian planes from entering nato airspace russia and the west haven't seem quite so hostile since the cold war these military exercises with china coincide with russia hosting the chinese president and other asian leaders at the eastern economic forum here in the pacific port city of lot of rostock and taken together these two things show the russia are increasingly see its partners in interests in this part of the world more than in the capitals of europe and the united states will reach islands how does era radicals stop the u.s. has suggested that it may consider visa bans and targeted sanctions against chinese officials over beijing's treatment of ethnic weakness and other muslims and province the un human rights panel has accused china of holding up to a million weak as in secret internment camps where they're being forced to abandon their re

there has been a renewed focus inside the alliance to face nontraditional threats like cybersecurity and hybrid warfare. since its creation in 1949, the north atlantic's treaty organization has done more to promote democracy and peace in europe than any other organization and has served as one of our greatest allies. for this reason and many more, we look forward to the future and that nato stays ready, resource and relevant. so please join me in welcoming the secretary-general, jens stoltenberg. thank you so much. [applause] >> so, good morning to you all. let me start by thanking ms. jones for this very generous introduction and also for having me here today and let me speak to this audience. i'd also like to thank the heritage foundation for the very important work you do and for your steadfast support over many years for the values that nato holds so dear. i will be quite brief in my introduction. but then i would be more than happy to answer questions and respond to your comments afterwards. today i will address the issue of why nato is important, the value of nato. nato is important for europe. that is why they recognize and why they understood.

alliance which is what the u.s. is. participation in the north atlantic treaty organization nato over so many years and at the moment is is a big contentious but nonetheless still a strong level of cooperation intel and alliance of significant more than that what we're seeing in the in this exercise vostok twenty eighteen well michael coverage it is i mean china is the first time that it meant say goes and trains outside of its borders relations with russia have never not not always been so friendly is this more of a marriage of convenience as they sit and watch things unfolding in washington. i think it you could argue that it started out that way several years ago china russia relations certainly on the economic side for a long time were relatively modest certainly much much less than the huge bilateral trade relationship between china and the united states or even china and europe but ever since the russian onyx ation of crimea and worsening relations between russia and europe and russia and the united states and sanctions on russia that's really pushe

alliance which is what the u.s. is. participation in the north atlantic treaty organization nato over so many years and at the moment is is a big contentious but nonetheless still strong the level of cooperation entailed and alliances significant more than that what we're seeing in the in this exercise vostok twenty eighteen well michael coverage it is i mean china is the first time that it let's say goes and trains outside of its borders relations with russia have never not not always been so friendly is this more of a marriage of convenience as they sit and watch things unfolding in washington. i think it you could argue that it started out that way several years ago china russia relations certainly on the economic side for a long time were relatively modest certainly much much less than the huge bilateral trade relationship between china and the united states or even china and europe but ever since the russian onyx ation of crimea and worsening relations between russia and europe and russia and the united states and sanctions on russia that's really pu