STOLTENBERG: ‘WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN’: In remarks ahead of today’s meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Bucharest, Romania, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that despite the economic hardships the war in Ukraine is imposing on Europe, the West must remain united in supporting Ukraine or risk paying a higher price in the future.

“These are also tough times for us in the rest of Europe and many others around the world, who face a painful cost-of-living crisis,” Stoltenberg said in an address to the Aspen-GMF Bucharest Forum this morning. “Indeed, we are all paying a price for Russia’s war against Ukraine, but the price we pay is in money, while the price Ukrainians pay is in blood.”

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