NATO Secretary General: We Will Support Resumption Of Peace Talks With The Taliban

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the international alliance supports the U.S. resuming peace talks with the Taliban.

Stoltenberg, who has served as secretary general since 2014, says the parties need to work together to find a political solution in Afghanistan instead of trying to “win on the battlefield.”

“They have to sit down and make real compromises at the negotiating table,” he says. “We believe that a good deal is more important than the quick deal and we will support resumption of peace talks.”

Stoltenberg says the union of 29 nations has protected the interests and independence of each member nation by standing together.

That means being apart of NATO is important for the United States, too, he says.

“The strength of a nation can be measured not only on the size of its economy, the number of its soldiers,” he says, “but also measured by the number