NATO: It plans to join the fight against the Islamic State
The North Atlantic Treaty, which so far refused to directly participate in the business of international coalition against the Islamic State organization, "considering" joining the ranks, today confirmed the head of the Pentagon Ashton Carter.
"Thanks to the leadership of the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, contemplating NATO to join the coalition with the full membership" stressed the US Secretary of Defence during a press conference in Brussels.
The 28 NATO members participate individually in the coalition against jihadist organization led by the US, but the pact with the status of a collective defense organization had so far chosen to distance himself from the business.
"As a new member of NATO will provide unique capabilities" to the coalition, as well as "the experience of the strengthening of partner capabilities (training and mentoring missions), the training of land forces and stabilization" after the war, said Carter.
The American minister explained that the Allies will discuss "the coming days and weeks" for the "appropriate role" that NATO could take in the coalition within which carries for 18 months air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
The Aston Carter made these statements after the completion of a meeting with his counterparts from the 49 countries that operate in Syria, including Iraq and Afghanistan, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
The US ask their partners to further contribute to weapons, armaments, troops and economic level in order to achieve "the plan of the military campaign" coalition, which aims initially to "recapture" of Mosul, the second largest city of Iraq and Pakala, the bulwark of the Islamic State in Syria, explained US Secretary of Defense at the beginning of the talks.
