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On March 25, the Atlantic Council's International Security Program hosted the German and French ambassadors to the U.S. for a discussion about the upcoming Strasbourg/Kehl NATO summit on April 3-4, which the two countries are hosting jointly. Klaus Scharioth of Germany and Pierre Vimont of France discussed their priorities going into the summit as well as their desired outcomes. A Q&A session was moderated by Atlantic Council president and CEO Frederick Kempe.
Ambassador Scharioth opened with ten points about how the German government sees the upcoming summit. Of special attention were his remarks that (1) NATO and EU cooperation is essential and must not conflict and compete with each other; (2) we must keep an open door on membership for the West Balkans, as they have no alternative but membership; (3) there is no alternative but to cooperate with Russia via the NATO-Russia Council, especially over missile defense; and (4) we need commitment to arms control.
Vimont followed with 3 main points: (1) France’s return to NATO integrated command structures is welcomed by the majority of the public, contrary to other claims, enabling France to better influence the upcoming strategic concept review; (2) NATO and EU defense are complementary – France will spend 300 billion Euros on defense between now and 2020; and (3) the summit must tackle the issue of a new Secretary General and develop a strategic concept to improve civilian and financial aid for Afghanistan.
During the Q&A session, Vimont expressed concern about dialogue with the Taliban, noting that the Saudis have failed in the past. Scharioth said that Germany had preferred the missile defense issue to take place in NATO; once the bilateral U.S. deals with Poland and the Czech Republic are settled, Germany wants to put NATO missile defense to the NATO-Russia Council as a way of demonstrating the strong resolve of the alliance and Russia.
Participants:
- H.E. Pierre Vimont, French Ambassador to the U.S.
- H.E. Klaus Scharioth, German Ambassador to the U.S.
- Frederick Kempe, Altantic Council President and CEO (Moderator)
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