BRUSSELS, June 14 (Reuters) – NATO leaders on Monday agreed to step up their collective defence “against all threats, from all directions,” according to their final statement.
NATO said it would adapt to climate-reated security challenges, called on Russia to drop its designation of two allies – the United States and the Czech Republic – as “unfriendly countries” and committed funds to the Kabul airport.
It said it would respond to Russia’s growing nuclear arsenal and called on Iran to stop all ballistic missile activities.
In a first for the Western military alliance, it said China was posing “systemic challenges” for the 30-nation pact.
(Reporting by Robin Emmott, Gabriela Baczynska)
