More than 60 world leaders - plus the world's media - are in the Welsh
city of Newport. The reason: a Nato summit which is being described as
the most crucial in decades
The 26th Nato summit is being held at what is potentially a critical
time in world history. Ukraine and Afghanistan will be key items on the
agenda for the 28 member states but the most pressing discussions are
expected to be about what action should be taken in Iraq and Syria
against the militant group Islamic State.
The two-day summit is the 26th in Nato's history and the first since
1990 to be held on UK soil. That last gathering was hosted by Margaret
Thatcher in London.
Leaders have gathered for their official photocall at Celtic Manor
An anti-Nato protest march from the centre of Newport is under way. An
estimated 500 demonstrators are taking part, and it is almost three
miles (5km) from the gates of Celtic Manor.
President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron pressed fellow
NATO leaders Thursday to confront the 'brutal and poisonous' ISIS terror
group that is wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria -- and urged regional
partners like Jordan and Turkey to join the effort as well
Barack
Obama stands with NATO heads of state and government including
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and NATO Secretary General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, front left, at a NATO summit dinner. - See more
at:
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