(4 Dec 2024)
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Brussels, Belgium – 4 December 2024
1. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken walking to the podium
2. Mid of journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State:
"I think what we’re working to do in the time that we have left is to give Ukraine, to give our own country, to give all the allies and partners that support Ukraine the strongest possible hand to use next year and beyond. If Ukraine determines that it needs to continue the fight, we want to make sure it has what it needs to continue that fight, the money, the munitions, the mobilized forces. If it chooses to engage in a negotiation, and that assumes, of course, that (Russian President, Vladimir) Putin and Russia have any intent of doing that, then, again, we want to make sure it’s from a position of strength. And from my perspective, I think what I’m trying to do, not just with Ukraine but across the board, is to give the incoming administration the strongest hand to play in all of these areas and to pass the baton in a way that they can hit the ground running because the world doesn’t stop just because we have a political transition underway in the United States."
4. Wide of Blinken during news conference
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State:
"What’s so unique about NATO is the compact that each of its members make, that an attack on one is an attack on all. What’s so powerful about that is it tells any would be aggressor, if you go after one of us, you’re going to have to deal with all of us. That is the most powerful deterrent to war breaking out in the first place. That is the most powerful deterrent against aggression. It’s not a surprise that Russia has not attacked, directly, a NATO member. So when we all talk about this powerful desire to avoid conflicts, to prevent wars, to have peace, the best way to do that is through ongoing investment in the world’s most successful defensive alliance, and that is NATO."
6. Mid of journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State:
"We have enduring interests, enduring security interests in Syria, particularly the interest in making sure that ISIS doesn’t resurrect and doesn’t come back. There was a tremendous success by the Obama administration and then completed by the first Trump administration to end the so-called geographic caliphate that had been established all of the ground and the almost physical state that had been established. It’s profoundly onerous to make sure that doesn’t happen again. And so our own engagement and presence remains important. Partners who are working to make sure that, again, we don’t see a resurrection of an extremist caliphate or a jihadist caliphate, that remains vital."
8. Close of camera
9. Blinken leaving conference
STORYLINE:
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken worked to shore up allied support for Ukraine ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January as he attended two-days of talks with NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.
Outgoing President Joe Biden will not be in power when NATO leaders gather for their next summit in June but he has stepped up the delivery of weapons and other materiel to Ukraine over the past several months and has also eased restrictions on how Kyiv can use them.
Biden’s goal is to put Ukraine in the best position possible to negotiate a settlement and has come as Moscow has made significant advances in the conflict and North Korean troops have moved to assist Russian forces.
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