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Proceeding contribution from Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 22 November 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on NATO Summit.


NATO Summit

My hon. Friend is entirely right. NATO was for years focused very much on territorial defence of Europe against the Soviet Union and, sadly, when we look at the defence postures of different countries in NATO, including our own to some extent, we see that there is still too much legacy-asset thinking about tank battles in Europe, for instance, rather than securing sea lanes, fighting cyber-attack, combating terrorism and securing failed states on the other side of the world. So a big shift needs to take place in NATO, and I think this weekend's summit was important in helping bring that shift about.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
519 c36 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Deployment ICT Peacekeeping operations Terrorism Training Security Reform Afghanistan NATO Russia Military aid NATO-Russia Council Cuts
Link
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