Middle East tensions: NATO holds emergency meeting Monday
Mon Jan 06, 2020 11:38:am World
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called an urgent meeting of the military alliance’s North Atlantic Council on Monday in response to growing tensions in the Middle East.
The ambassador-level meeting of the alliance’s main decision-making body will address the situation in Iraq after the killing of Iranian top general Ghassem Soleimani by the U.S. military, a spokesman told dpa in Brussels on Sunday. It is believed that the meeting is being held in order for member nations to come together to find possible solutions on how to cool off tensions in the middle east and also to ensure that the dispute between America and Iran does not escalate into a full fledged confrontation between both nations. The ambassadors of the North Atlantic Council usually meet once a week, while its foreign and defense ministers meet around twice a year. The meeting is scheduled for Monday at 3 pm (1400 GMT). (dpa/NAN)
The ambassador-level meeting of the alliance’s main decision-making body will address the situation in Iraq after the killing of Iranian top general Ghassem Soleimani by the U.S. military, a spokesman told dpa in Brussels on Sunday. It is believed that the meeting is being held in order for member nations to come together to find possible solutions on how to cool off tensions in the middle east and also to ensure that the dispute between America and Iran does not escalate into a full fledged confrontation between both nations. The ambassadors of the North Atlantic Council usually meet once a week, while its foreign and defense ministers meet around twice a year. The meeting is scheduled for Monday at 3 pm (1400 GMT). (dpa/NAN)
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