Secretary Antony J. Blinken And NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg At a Joint Press Availability & More News Here

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good morning, everybody.  It is a pleasure to welcome the NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg, Jens, my pal and colleague, again right here to the State Department and to Washington.  We’ve seen one another fairly a bit over the past 15 months, principally in Brussels.  In reality, we did a little calculation, and it seems I’ve spent extra time in Brussels than another metropolis apart from Washington, D.C., and that’s no coincidence.  It’s as a result of NATO is there; in fact, our buddies on the European Union as effectively.  But it has been a middle of our engagement, a middle of our exercise, and that’s been made all the higher by the distinctive partnership that now we have with Secretary General Stoltenberg and NATO.

I be part of folks throughout Europe and certainly around the globe in being grateful to the secretary basic for his sturdy and regular management throughout such a consequential interval for the Alliance and for the world.  And we’re very, very glad that he agreed to increase his tenure by means of subsequent fall.

Today’s assembly was a possibility for us to the touch base on the upcoming NATO summit, which can happen in Madrid, as you recognize, in simply a few weeks’ time.  There the Alliance will undertake a new strategic idea, the primary one since 2010, to ensure that we’re prepared to fulfill the challenges of at present and the challenges that we anticipate for tomorrow.  That contains all the things from malicious exercise occurring in our on-line world, the People’s Republic of China’s fast militarization, its no-limits friendship with Russia, and efforts to weaken the rules-based worldwide order that’s the basis for peace and safety around the globe; and, in fact, the safety implications of local weather change, that are profound.

We’ll strengthen {our relationships} with the European Union and with companions within the Indo-Pacific.  We will bolster NATO’s price range.  And we are going to renew our Alliance’s protection and deterrence capabilities.  Of course, the strategic idea will mirror what we are actually coping with, and that’s a new safety panorama in Europe and President Putin’s choice to launch a mindless struggle of aggression on Ukraine, now in its fourth month.

The folks of Ukraine proceed to struggle with extraordinary braveness and ability and with army, humanitarian, and monetary assist from the United States and nations around the globe, together with nearly all the members of NATO.  Just this morning President Biden introduced a important new safety help bundle to arm Ukraine with extra capabilities in superior weaponry, exactly what they should defend themselves towards the continuing Russian aggression.  That contains extra superior rocket methods in order that they’ll strike key targets on the battlefield in Ukraine from longer distances.  This is a continuation of a technique that started even earlier than Russia’s invasion.  We moved shortly to ship Ukraine important quantities of weapons and ammunition in order that they’ll repel Russia’s aggression and, in flip, could be within the strongest attainable place at any negotiating desk which will emerge.

This isn’t solely the dedication of the United States.  As I stated, all NATO Allies stay engaged, aligned, dedicated to making sure that Ukraine can defend its sovereignty, its democracy, its independence.  Our nations, together with different companions, imposed extreme penalties on the Russian Government and its enablers with unprecedented sanctions, export controls, and diplomatic stress.  Together we responded to the humanitarian disaster provoked by Russia’s struggle of aggression.  More than 6 million Ukrainians compelled to go away their homeland, many others displaced inside Ukraine.  Countries throughout Europe and past, together with the United States, have welcomed Ukrainians fleeing the violence.  And nations worldwide are serving to present important providers to communities near Ukraine which have taken on probably the most refugees.

President Putin hoped that his struggle on Ukraine would divide NATO.  Instead, he’s united NATO in assist of Ukraine and in protection of its personal members.  He’s introduced nations around the globe collectively to assist the basic ideas of sovereignty and independence.  They see what’s occurring in Ukraine as a direct end result – excuse me, a direct assault on the inspiration of their very own peace and safety.  That is why we are going to proceed to face with a democratic, impartial, sovereign Ukraine till this horrible struggle is over, and for that matter, lengthy after.

NATO might be ready to face challenges like these with safe cyber defenses, cutting-edge expertise, and enhanced partnerships, as I stated, with nations around the globe.  We’ll ensure that we defend each inch of NATO territory.  The Allies have strengthened our collective protection posture.  Since the struggle started, we’ve deployed greater than 20,000 extra troops to NATO’s jap flank.

Many Allies are additionally growing their army presence in Eastern and Southeastern Europe.  Last month, Finland and Sweden, two longstanding companions of NATO, made the choice to hunt NATO membership.

As President Biden has stated, this choice was a victory for democracy.  Finland and Sweden are in search of to hitch NATO not as a result of their leaders compelled it however as a result of their residents demanded it.  Anyone who wonders on the distinction between a democracy and an authoritarian state like Russia want solely take a look at Russia, Finland, and Sweden.  One would mislead its folks to wage a struggle, two would hearken to their folks to stop struggle.

The United States strongly helps Finland and Sweden’s functions.  Both nations are greater than certified to turn into full members of the Alliance as quickly as attainable.  By becoming a member of NATO, they’ll strengthen NATO.  We stay up for shortly bringing them into the strongest defensive Alliance in historical past.

While Finland and Sweden’s functions for NATO membership are being thought-about, the United States will proceed our shut partnership with each nations, will stay vigilant towards any threats to our shared safety.  We will deter and, as needed, confront aggression or the specter of aggression.

Jens, thanks once more for making this go to to Washington at an vital second as we put together for the summit.  Very a lot wanting ahead to seeing you subsequent time in a few weeks in Madrid, and to the even stronger and extra resilient NATO that our summit will assist to form.  Thank you, and welcome.

SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG:  Thank you a lot, Secretary Blinken, expensive Tony.  It’s nice to see you once more, and thanks to your sturdy private engagement for our transatlantic bond on this pivotal time for our safety.  And that is very a lot mirrored in your frequent visits to Brussels.  You are welcome again there once more, however now I actually admire this chance to fulfill with you right here in Washington.

The United States is taking part in an indispensible position in our response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  Now, let me commend the United States to your very important assist to Ukraine, which is making a distinction on the battlefield each day.  I additionally welcome the newest bundle of army help introduced by President Biden this morning.  This is a demonstration of actual U.S. management.  The sturdy assist offered by NATO and Allies helps make sure that President Putin’s brutal aggression will not be rewarded, and that Ukraine prevails.

At the identical time, we should stop the battle from escalating, so now we have elevated our presence within the jap a part of the Alliance to take away any room for miscalculation in Moscow about NATO’s readiness and willpower to defend and defend all NATO Allies.

Let me thank the United States for growing your army presence throughout Europe, with over 100,000 troops backed by important air and naval energy.  European allies and Canada are additionally stepping up with extra troops, excessive readiness, and elevated protection spending.  For the seventh consecutive 12 months, protection spending has elevated, and increasingly Allies are assembly our guideline of spending 2 % of GDP on protection.

President Putin wished much less NATO.  He is getting extra NATO, extra troops, and extra NATO members.

The choices by Finland and Sweden to use for NATO membership are historic, and they’ll strengthen our Alliance.  We have to deal with the safety issues of all Allies, and I’m assured that we are going to discover the united manner ahead.

To this finish, I’m in shut contact with President Erdoğan of Turkey and with the leaders of Finland and Sweden.  And I’ll convene senior officers from all three nations in Brussels within the coming days.

Today, we additionally mentioned the vital choices we are going to take on the NATO summit in Madrid later this month.  We will agree NATO’s subsequent Strategic Concept, strengthen our deterrence and protection, and put together for an age of elevated strategic competitors with authoritarian powers like Russia and China.  This contains working much more carefully with our companions within the Asia-Pacific and different likeminded companions around the globe.

We can even evaluation progress on burden-sharing.  We should proceed to put money into our protection and to put money into NATO as a result of solely North America and Europe, working collectively in a sturdy NATO, can maintain our 1 billion folks protected in a extra harmful world.

So Secretary Blinken, expensive Tony, as soon as once more, thanks a lot.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you, Jens.

MR PRICE:  We’ll now flip to questions, taking two from every delegation.  We’ll begin with Vivian Salama of The Wall Street Journal.

QUESTION:  Thanks, Ned.  Thank you very a lot.

Secretary Blinken, two fast questions, please.  With regard to the long-range weapons, what could be achieved or is being achieved to attenuate escalation with Russia?  And do you imagine that there’s an understanding in Moscow concerning the nuance that the U.S. is making an attempt to attain with regard to the weapons that it does select to ship to Ukraine?

And unrelated, on President Erdoğan’s newest threats of drive to Syria, are you involved that Turkey is more and more turning into a disruptive ally, and the way can it’s addressed?

Shall I ask my inquiries to the Secretary General?

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Please, go forward.

QUESTION:  Welcome again, sir.  Two questions for you, as effectively.  Cracks are showing within the Western entrance towards Moscow, regardless of the each of you stating that the Alliance could be very sturdy, and we’re seeing that there’s some disagreement over transport extra highly effective weapons to Ukraine.  How does NATO, as a corporation, work to stop the cooperation from going south at Ukraine’s expense?  And extra particularly, how does Ukraine win, which appears to be a key level on this disagreement?  Thank you.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thanks.  I’m joyful to begin.  Vivian, thanks for the questions.

First, in response to the query about escalation, let’s begin with this.  It’s Russia that’s attacking Ukraine, not the opposite manner round.  And merely put, one of the simplest ways to keep away from escalation is for Russia to cease the aggression and the struggle that it began.  It’s totally inside its energy to take action.

Specifically with regard to weapons methods being offered, the Ukrainians have given us assurances that they won’t use these methods towards targets on Russian territory.  There is a sturdy belief bond between Ukraine and the United States, in addition to with our allies and companions.

I’d additionally say that all through this aggression – certainly, even earlier than – President Biden was very clear with President Putin about what the United States would do if Russia proceeded with its aggression, together with persevering with to supply safety help that Ukraine must defend itself towards the Russian aggression.  There was no hiding the ball.  We’ve been extraordinarily clear about this from day one, with President Biden speaking that on to President Putin.  So now we have achieved precisely what we stated we’d do.  And it’s Russia, once more, that selected to launch this aggression, regardless of all of our efforts to stop that, with intense diplomacy over many months.  Again, they began the battle.  They can finish it at any time, and we are going to keep away from any issues about miscalculations or escalation.

With regard to the opposite theater that you just referenced, any escalation there in northern Syria is one thing that we’d oppose, and we assist the upkeep of the present ceasefire traces.  The concern that now we have is that any new offensive would undermine regional stability, resembling it’s, present malign actors with alternatives to take advantage of instability for their very own objective.  We proceed, successfully, to take the struggle by means of companions to Daesh, to ISIS inside Syria, and we don’t need to see something that jeopardizes the efforts which can be made to proceed to maintain ISIS within the field that we put it in.

And let me simply additionally, if I might, earlier than I flip it over to Jens, I do need to say one factor concerning the query that you just addressed to the Secretary General.  Here once more, at each stage of this Russian aggression – earlier than the aggression, when it began, and within the months since – at nearly each stage now we have heard doubts expressed about what the Alliance would do, what nations would do when it comes to assist for Ukraine, and whether or not that was truly going to occur.  We have demonstrated that it might, and that it has; issues and doubts about whether or not we might actually ship on what we stated we’d do – large penalties for Russia’s aggression with unprecedented sanctions.  Well, we’ve delivered on that.  And I’d counsel that there are all the time going to be tales about variations in any explicit second.

But with regards to the strategic path that now we have taken collectively as Allies, as companions, each inside Europe and past, this, no less than in my expertise, has been unprecedented in its solidarity within the widespread willpower each to assist Ukraine with safety help, financial help, humanitarian help, to place extraordinary stress on Russia to stop its aggression, and to shore up the defenses of our Alliance.

And so, once more, I’d invite you to return, take a look at the questions that had been raised beginning final fall.  They’ve been answered – then once more, when Russia dedicated the aggression within the first place, and even to this present day.  And I’m very assured that the widespread objective that we’ve proven over many months will proceed.

SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG:  I can simply comply with up on that, as a result of what you have got seen over the past months is an unprecedented stage of unity amongst NATO Allies and companions within the response to Russia’s aggressive struggle towards Ukraine.  We have seen that with regards to the supply of army assist, humanitarian assist, financial assist, but in addition the – in the way in which now we have seen NATO Allies, companions, the European Union implementing heavy financial sanctions, sanctions now we have not seen something much like imposed on any main nation ever earlier than.  So truly, what now we have seen is an unprecedented stage of unity amongst NATO Allies and companions.

Of course, these are troublesome choices, onerous choices, and subsequently there’s a want for consultations, and subsequently I’d additionally prefer to commend the United States for consulting so carefully with Allies not solely after invasion on the twenty fourth of February, however truly earlier than.  The United States consulted carefully, Secretary Blinken consulted carefully with NATO Allies all through the autumn.  We warned, we shared intelligence.  There’s hardly another army invasion that has been extra predicted than this one, and that not least as a result of the United States shared a lot intelligence with NATO Allies within the months main as much as the invasion in February.

European allies – in fact, because the United States – have imposed sanctions.  They have a value additionally for us.  They are internet hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees.  But the choice to not assist Ukraine, that can truly allow President Putin to win.  That might be harmful for all of us, and the worth now we have to pay will truly be greater than to now put money into the assist for Ukraine.

Let me finish by saying that President Putin made a strategic mistake.  He completely underestimated the energy and the need and the flexibility of the Ukrainian folks, the Ukrainian armed forces to defend themselves, and he underestimated the unity of NATO and NATO Allies and companions to assist Ukraine.  And once more, what we see is U.S. management serving to this to occur, each on the political-diplomatic stage, but in addition with regards to organizing and coordinating the army assist by means of the Support Group for Ukraine.

On the final query, I’d simply say that wars are unpredictable.  We had been capable of predict the invasion, however how this struggle will evolve, it’s very onerous to foretell.  What we do know is that the majority wars finish at some stage on the negotiating desk, and this has additionally been clearly said by President Zelenskyy that at some stage this may finish on the negotiating desk.  But what occurs there on the negotiating desk is, in fact, completely depending on the energy, the scenario on the battlefield.  And that’s what we do: we assist them in upholding their rightful self-defense, after which I’ve belief and I’ve confidence within the political management in Ukraine that they’ll make the onerous judgments – judgments and choices – on negotiations and what to conform to when negotiations sooner or later will begin.

MR PRICE:  Tove Bjørgaas of NRK Norway.

QUESTION:  Thank you.  I’ve one query for every.  Secretary Blinken, do you suppose it’s attainable to discourage Russia with weapons at this level, and the way far will the U.S. go?

And for Secretary Stoltenberg, we hear about nuclear workout routines on the Russian facet.  What eventualities are you planning for when it comes to the nuclear risk from Russia at this level on this struggle?

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you.  I’d say that it’s not a lot a query of deterring Russia at this level, as a result of they’ve dedicated the aggression and so they’re pursuing it.  What we’re working to do – and the secretary basic stated this very eloquently – is to ensure that the Ukrainians have in hand what they should defend towards this aggression, to repel it, to push it again, and as effectively and as a end result, to ensure that they’ve the strongest attainable hand at any negotiating desk that emerges.

And I agree with the secretary basic that ultimately that’s what is prone to occur.  We can’t say when; we will’t say precisely how.  What we will say is what we are going to to ensure that Ukraine has the means to defend itself and has the strongest attainable hand.

At each step alongside the way in which, now we have evaluated what we imagine Ukraine must do exactly that, to defend itself successfully.  And, in fact, that’s modified by means of the course of this aggression.  What they wanted to cope with the threats to Kyiv are very totally different from what they should cope with what’s now occurring in southern and jap Ukraine.  So we’ve adjusted as this has gone alongside when it comes to what we and different allies and companions are offering to the Ukrainians.  We’ll proceed to try this as we go ahead.

Again, it’s totally inside Russia’s energy to cease what they began and to finish the aggression.  That’s what we search.  But so long as this goes on, we are going to assist the Ukrainians and ensure that they’ve what they should defend themselves successfully.

SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG:  NATO and NATO Allies are, in fact, monitoring very carefully what Russia does, together with their nuclear workout routines.  And now we have additionally adopted very carefully the nuclear rhetoric that President Putin, different Russian chief has – have expressed over the past months.  This nuclear saber-rattling rhetoric is harmful and it’s one thing that’s solely growing tensions.

At the identical time, now we have not seen any adjustments in Russia’s nuclear posture, and we additionally remind Russia on the truth that truly as late as in January, they agreed within the UN assertion the place they said clearly that the nuclear struggle can’t be received and shouldn’t be fought.  So Russia is aware of that any use of nuclear weapons would completely change the character of a battle and subsequently nuclear weapons shouldn’t be used.

MR PRICE:  Kylie Atwood of CNN.

QUESTION:  Thank you.  Good morning.  Secretary Blinken, two questions for you.  First, on the meals disaster that’s rising deeper due to the struggle, is there any technique to get the 20 million-plus tons of grain which can be caught in Odessa proper now overseas with out Russia permitting these Ukrainian ships to maneuver?  And what would be the price for Russia in the event that they don’t enable these ships to maneuver?  We know that the United States is engaged on overland options right here, however what’s the price for Russia in the event that they don’t enable the ocean routes to open?

And then the second query is concerning the timeline right here.  We’ve heard Biden administration officers speaking about this battle turning into a drawn-out battle.  It’s prone to go on for months.  But with Russia making these beneficial properties within the east now, what’s the outlook?  Do you see this battle going into subsequent 12 months with out a decision?

And then, NATO Secretary General, you talked about that you just’re going to convene leaders of Finland, Sweden, and Turkey within the coming days, so I’m questioning in case you are anticipating Sweden and Finland to return to the desk with exact actions they’re prepared to take that would assuage Turkey’s issues.  And I’m additionally questioning in case you’re assured that Turkey’s issues about their membership might be addressed this month earlier than the G7 summit.  Thank you.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Kylie, thanks very a lot.  With regard to the meals scenario, a couple of issues.  First, we’re coping with what’s a international meals insecurity problem and even disaster.  Pre-existing situations – COVID, local weather, and now battle – all of those collectively have helped create a good storm the place meals, significantly from a number of the breadbaskets for the world – Ukraine, Russia itself – should not accessible due to Russia’s aggression.  And as a end result as effectively, costs have gone up for the meals that’s accessible.  And we had a scenario the place a couple of years in the past there have been roughly 100 million individuals who had been meals insecure around the globe.  Before the Russian aggression, over the past couple of years, that’s gone as much as about 160 million.

Now a further 40 million folks, by skilled accounts, are prone to be meals insecure as a end result instantly of the Russian aggression as a result of, to your level, what’s occurring is that this:  There are roughly 20 to 25 million tons of grain which can be sitting in silos close to Russian – Ukrainian ports in Odessa that may’t even be moved to ships, partially as a result of there are ships on the Odessa port – about 85 of them – filled with this grain and wheat that may’t transfer due to the Russian efficient blockade of the ports.

So the United Nations has been working – and the secretary-general, I applaud his efforts to see if he can discover a manner ahead on this to permit the ships out, to finish this blockade.  That work continues.  At the identical time, we’re taking a look at each different attainable path to get wheat, grains, different issues out of Ukraine and onto world markets.  All of that work is ongoing.

In phrases of what Russia dangers, effectively, I’d begin with what’s left of its status.  It seeks relationships with nations around the globe, together with many nations that are actually the sufferer of Russian aggression due to rising meals insecurity ensuing from that aggression.  We had been in New York about 10 days in the past.  We had the presidency, as you recognize, of the Security Council for the month of May.  I centered our efforts on the meals insecurity challenges which can be being confronted around the globe, and lots of nations identified that a huge a part of that is the Russian aggression and the truth that meals can’t get out of Ukraine to the place it’s wanted.  So I believe there’s a rising recognition of nations around the globe that the challenges that they’re dealing with now – compounded by battle, compounded by Russia’s aggression – are as a consequence of what Russia is doing.

I’d level out once more that – to those that are involved that the sanctions we’ve imposed on Russia are one way or the other impeding the supply of meals, that’s merely not true.  The sanctions have exemptions for meals and – together with providers essential to ensure that meals strikes, like banking providers.  We have – we’ve had certainly one of our senior officers go around the globe to make that very clear to different nations and to assist them with any questions they could have.  This is on Russia.  And no matter the rest, you’d suppose the least that the Russians would do can be to ensure that different nations should not affected by their aggression regardless of the struggling they’re imposing on the Ukrainians.

With regard to timelines, the secretary basic stated it effectively.  We can’t predict how that is going to play out, when that is going to play out.  As greatest we will assess proper now, we’re nonetheless taking a look at many months of battle.  Again, that might be over tomorrow if Russia selected to finish the aggression.  We don’t see any indicators of that proper now, but it surely’s a transferring image, because the secretary basic stated.  That’s by definition what wars are.  And I’ll simply repeat what I stated.  As lengthy as this goes on, we need to ensure that Ukraine has in hand what it must defend itself, and we need to ensure that Russia is feeling sturdy stress from as many nations as attainable to finish the aggression.  That’s one of the simplest ways, we predict, to carry the aggression to a shut as quickly as attainable, to finish the struggle, to get to diplomacy, and to cease the struggling.

SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG:  On Finland and Sweden, I and my employees, we’re in shut contact in fact with Turkey, an vital NATO Ally.  And the 2 nations which have utilized for NATO membership, Finland and Sweden, now we have met with them and I’m going to convene the assembly in a few days with senior officers after which comply with up to make sure that we make progress on the functions of Finland and Sweden to hitch NATO.   My intention is to have this in place earlier than the NATO summit.  At the identical time, I do know that to make progress we want 30 Allies to agree.

Finland and Sweden has made – have made it clear that they’re prepared to sit down down and to deal with the issues expressed by Turkey.  And all NATO Allies are in fact prepared to sit down down and tackle these issues, together with the threats posed to Turkey by PKK.  And that is terrorist threats, which in fact is one thing we’re taking very severely.  We know that no different NATO Ally has suffered extra terrorist assaults than Turkey.  And Turkey is a crucial Ally, not least due to its strategic geographic location bordering Iraq and Syria.  They have been vital in our struggle towards ISIS, and in addition Black Sea nation, near Russia.

So all of this makes Turkey an vital Ally.  When they elevate issues, in fact, we sit down and we glance into how we will discover the united manner ahead.

MR PRICE:  We’ll take a last query from Stefan Asberg of SVT Sweden.

QUESTION:  Secretary Blinken, two questions.  Specifically what’s the U.S. prepared to do to facilitate the negotiations between Turkey, Sweden, and Finland?

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Were there two questions?

MR PRICE:  Please, go forward.

QUESTION:  I type of need to ask one a time.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  One at a time.  Okay.  Thank you.  You’ve heard from the secretary basic Finland and Sweden are working instantly with Turkey.  NATO is supporting this effort.  The secretary basic will carry the events collectively.  We very a lot assist these efforts.  There is a sturdy consensus inside NATO broadly for the fast accession of Sweden and Finland to the Alliance.  I stay very assured that that can occur, that we’re going to maneuver ahead.  As I’ve stated earlier than, that is a course of, and in that course of, if Allies have issues, they elevate them after which we cope with them.  NATO is coping with them.  But particularly, issues that Turkey has raised instantly with Finland and Sweden are being addressed by the Fins and the Swedes with the help of NATO.  We need to ensure that all Allies have their safety issues taken under consideration, and that, in fact, contains Turkey, however I’m assured this course of will transfer ahead.

QUESTION:  Are U.S. prepared to export fighter jets to Turkey, as an illustration, to easen up the scenario?

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  These are separate questions.  We have a longstanding and ongoing protection relationship with Turkey as a NATO Ally.  And as now we have up to now, as we’re doing now, as we are going to sooner or later, we’ll proceed to work by means of circumstances as they come up with regard to methods that Turkey seeks to amass.

QUESTION:  And Secretary Stoltenberg, how assured are you that Turkey will approve Sweden and Finland?

SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG:  I’m assured that we are going to discover a manner ahead. And I’m assured as a result of all Allies agree that NATO enlargement has been a nice success, serving to to unfold democracy, freedom throughout Europe for many years.  And subsequently we have to sit down, as we all the time do when there are totally different views in NATO, and discover a technique to go ahead collectively.  So this isn’t the primary time in NATO that some Allies expressed issues, that there are some variations, some disagreements, however now we have a lengthy monitor document in NATO additionally to have the ability to overcome these variations after which agree on tips on how to transfer ahead.

MR PRICE:  That concludes the press convention.  Thank you —

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thanks, everybody.

SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG:  Thank you.

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