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Biden touts ‘sacred obligation’ between US and Nato at Washington summit
- American leader, beset by questions about his ability to win re-election, announces donation of air-defence equipment for Ukraine
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Khushboo Razdanin Washington
US President Joe Biden underscored that Americans understood the commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was a “sacred obligation” as he marked the alliance’s 75th anniversary with the heads of member states in Washington on Tuesday.
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Pointing at Russia’s war on Ukraine, Biden called for collective strength at a time when “autocrats want to overturn the global order”.
The American president described the US as willing and able “to deter aggression and defend every inch of Nato territory across every domain – land, air, sea, cyber and space”.
Later, in announcing Washington would join several Nato members in donating air-defence equipment to Kyiv, he said the war-torn nation would remain “a free and independent country” and that “Russia will not prevail. Ukraine will prevail”.
Speaking at the same venue where the North Atlantic Treaty was signed seven decades ago by the organisation’s 12 founding members, Biden said Nato had adapted to changing times and “stayed ahead of threats”.
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