German foreign minister says he confident NATO will remain as is

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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Updated 07 January 2026 21:15
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German foreign minister says he confident NATO will remain as is

German foreign minister says he confident NATO will remain as is
  • 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.