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French president says NATO should boost action to adapt growing security threats

Xinhua, February 14, 2017 Adjust font size:

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should improve its defense policy and boost action to better ensure security in a context of growing threats, French President Francois Hollande said on Monday.

At a telephone talks with NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Hollande stressed France's "commitment to the development of a more ambitious European defense policy."

"NATO must continue to show its ability to adapt its missions to a context of growing menaces," the French leader said in a statement released by his office.

"The coherence of the alliance's action is the best guarantee of its effectiveness," he added. Endit