NATO Allies should step up cooperation with democratic partners from the Western Balkans to the Asia-Pacific to counter efforts by authoritarian powers to extend their global influence and challenge the rules-based international order, lawmakers from across the 32-nation Alliance said Saturday.
Draft reports on renewed security challenges in the Western Balkans and the necessity for Allies to build values-based partnerships with democratic forces in the Asia-Pacific region were high on the agenda on the opening day of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Spring Session held in Sofia.
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