stolzenberg comes from a long family of diplomats they're known for their humanitarian interests and yet he has been able to sort of tone down the u.s. president in the spending debate he's still burke has actually changed his language to play to the president a little bit and that has made some nato watchers unhappy they think that he's actually too conciliatory given the things that trump has said about nato but i think i think stoltenberg tread that line very well in congress today i have never seen him give a speech like this and i've been watching virtually every speech that man has given since becoming nato secretary general and even in his drawer we didn't post and i have never seen him give such a good speech some of that's due to the speech writing but he really showed his personality there he was funny and this was really important that he go there and he showed that he was not backing down from some of nato's principles about all for one and one for all no matter what kind of budget you've got but he i don't think you said anything that's going to outrage the president i r

you know we will hear from him stolzenberg later so we'll see if he comes out with any deliverables as they like to say at nato from these two meetings of the twenty nine foreign ministers plus north macedonia which has been invited as the next member of nato also to do it in these meetings and as he went into to kick off the day still timberg was asked questions by journalists about what he expected from the day he mentioned sort of the agenda items they will be talking about burden sharing which is the euphemism that nato uses to talk about how much the u.s. pays and how little the europeans pay they'll talk about that they will talk about counterterrorism measures nato has been pushed into doing more on counterterrorism by the united states of course the very long eighteen year war in afghanistan is considered a very major contributor against terrorism and they'll be talking about peace about for the prospects for the peace talks that are going on there now secretary of state might come pay will update them on that that we're talking about a new mission they have in iraq again consi

transatlantic consensus the absence of strong american presidential leadership nato secretary general young stolzenberg rejects that conclusion it's just not possible to say that the united states is not committed to meet them because do not the states is increasing their military contributions to nato he points to the latest example a new plan for the us to forward position heavy war fighting a quick meant at a police airbase that's jamie shea spent almost four decades at nato as a spokesman but also an expert in what are called emerging security challenges and while dealing with russia and its hybrid work or tactics still top the list of challenges for nato the now retired shea warns the alliance must look further afield to be fit for the future because obviously china is the rising power it's already in europe of blowing up infrastructure influencing the future of artificial intelligence technology it's going to be a massively more important factor in determining twenty first century security to russia or all googly any other country outside nature of the countries inside or shaping nato's future to

value of your life he's also demanded that member states shoulder more of nato's financial burden stolzenberg said trump's words are having an effect of the years of reducing defense budgets all our losses stop the cuts and all of us have increased our defense spending before they were cutting billions now they are adding billions. stoltenberg also warned of the threat posed by an increasingly assertive russia including a military buildup in eastern europe. nato has no intention of deploying land based nuclear missiles in europe but nato will always take the necessary steps to provide credible and effective terence. echoes of the cold war even as nato moves to confront a growing number of twenty first century threats. while our bureau chief in washington is alexander phenomenon she followed events for us today on capitol hill she sent us this report. yes stoltenberg address to congress seems to go down well with the american audience especially when he praised the role do you as played in forming nato coing america the backbone of the alliance but sultan burke's point was also to illustrate t

do think there was some remarks especially the ones we've just listened to by secretary general stolzenberg donald trump might have liked to hear stoltenberg is very supportive of his calls for stepping up military spending but at the same time the secretary general stressed that every nato ally has already started to increase its national budget on military spending some countries do so more others less germany is one of one of the countries that have faced severe criticism by the u.s. president but again. the words of stoltenberg were that all allies are on its way and that there is a necessity also for raising the military spending due to all these external pressures that nato finds itself in mark over houses that's let's talk about the money i think this is talk at this two percent august recess in twenty fourteen i think that it was a ten year target for nato members to reach two percent spending within ten years now the president has had a particular go at germany for failing to do this one of the world's strongest economies germany's response has always been well it's not just defens

transatlantic consensus the absence of strong american presidential leadership nato secretary general young stolzenberg rejects that conclusion it's just not possible to say that the united states look committed to make them because they're not the states is increasing their military contributions to nato he points to the latest example a new plan for the us to forward position heavy war fighting equipment at a police airbase trumps rough treatment of the alliance particularly his incessant demand that government spend more on defense has unnerved some europeans but this shake up some call it a shakedown by the u.s. president may have some benefits for nato i've never seen so many editorials in american newspapers praising the eloise jamie shea spent almost four decades at nato as a spokesman but also an expert in what are called emerging security challenges and while dealing with russia and its hybrid worker tactics still top the list of challenges for nato the now retired shay warns the alliance must look further afield to be fit for the future because obviously china is the rising power it's already

value of your life he's also demanded that member states shoulder more of nato's financial burden stolzenberg said trump's words are having an effect of the years or reducing defense budgets all our lives have stopped the cops and all our allies have increased defense spending. before there were cooking billions molder are being billions. stoltenberg also warned of the threat posed by an increasingly a sort of russia including a military buildup in eastern europe. may toll house nor intention of deploying land based nuclear missile launch in europe but many will always take the necessary steps to provide credible on the fictive deterrence. echoes of the cold war even as nato moves to confront a growing number of twenty first century threats. we're joined now from brussels by the w.'s teri schultz hello to you terry so we heard quite a lot of applause there for a nato secretary general stoltenberg speech how do you think that speech is going to set the mood for today's commemorations. well i can tell you he doesn't get that much applause and press conferences here with us at nato headquarters