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NATO boss views Arab popular protests as indirect security threat
Berlin, Feb 5, IRNA -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen voiced 'deep concern' over popular upheaval in several western-backed Arab states, warning evolving situation in North Africa and Mideast could eventually lead to a new world order.
Talking at the 47th Munich Security Conference, Rasmussen said, 'While the current anti-government protests in the Arab world do not pose a direct threat to the alliance, NATO is deeply concerned about the evolving security situation just outside our door.'
'As I speak, fast-moving events are unfolding in Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Yemen, and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa. The outcome of this turmoil remains unclear, its long-term consequences unpredictable. But one thing we know: old certainties no longer hold, tectonic plates are shifting,' he added.
sen urged European NATO states to scrap plans to cut military spending in the wake of the mass protests in the Arab world, saying what was at stake today was 'not just the world economy, but the world order.
Talking at the 47th Munich Security Conference, Rasmussen said, 'While the current anti-government protests in the Arab world do not pose a direct threat to the alliance, NATO is deeply concerned about the evolving security situation just outside our door.'
'As I speak, fast-moving events are unfolding in Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Yemen, and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa. The outcome of this turmoil remains unclear, its long-term consequences unpredictable. But one thing we know: old certainties no longer hold, tectonic plates are shifting,' he added.
sen urged European NATO states to scrap plans to cut military spending in the wake of the mass protests in the Arab world, saying what was at stake today was 'not just the world economy, but the world order.
