U.S. National Security Advisor Gen. James L. Jones called on Saturday for more coordination from European allies and emerging powers in facing global challenges.
"America cannot confront the challenges of this century alone" and "Europe cannot confront them without America," Jones said while attending a security conference here, "We have listened, consulted and coordinated our actions with allies and partners -- and welcomed European leadership -- in meeting urgent global challenges."
"We are forging new partnerships with key centers of global influence, including, Russia, China, India and Brazil," Jones said.
Jones called for "a unified military effort" to defeat al Qaeda, and "the forces of 43 nations are confronting the violent extremists who threaten us all."
"By now, we should all recognize that we face the common challenge of violent extremism beyond Afghanistan and Pakistan," said Jones, adding al Qaeda and its affiliates had migrated from Somalia to Sudan and the Sahel, and established new sanctuaries.
To stop this migration, we need closer cooperation with our partners in "information sharing" and "law enforcement", Jones said.
The three-day 46th Munich Security Conference opened on Friday. About 300 high-level representatives will focus on a range of tough topics, including "resource security and shifting global power", "the future of European and global security", "arms control and the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty)", "NATO's new strategy and mission" and Afghanistan.
The conference was founded as the Wehrkunde Conference by German publisher Ewald von Kleist in 1962. |
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