Merkel: ‘It Is Not Isolation and the Building of Walls that Make Us Successful’

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MERKEL (via translator): "Our alliance is united in the awareness of the importance to cooperate, to insist on freedom and we all are united in the trust that it is not isolation and the building of walls that make us successful but open societies that share the same values. Ladies and gentlemen, with the end of the east/west conflict, a new era began, a new era bringing new challenges and new dangers. Though we continue to be an alliance built on shared values, showing solidarity towards its members, Germany will never forget the contribution NATO made towards making our country become reunited, and this is why we will continue to make our contribution towards security and solidarity as members of this alliance.”