German foreign minister says he confident NATO will remain as is

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, left, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, center, and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski pose as they meet for the Weimar Triangle talks at the foreign ministry in Paris. (AP)
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  • Wadephul said NATO was “the most successful defense alliance in the world”

BERLIN: German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on ​Wednesday that he had no doubt that NATO’s members remained united and was confident that the ‌defense alliance would ‌remain ‌as ⁠it ​is.
“The ‌United States stands by the defense of the alliance and also stands by its alliance ⁠with Europe,” Wadephul ‌told a joint press ‍conference ‍in Paris with ‍his counterparts from India, France and Poland.
“I have not the ​slightest doubt that we stand together in the ⁠closest possible unity and that this alliance will remain exactly what it has always been: the most successful defense alliance in the world,” ‌he added.