Nato should increase security cooperation with Israel to fight global terrorism, Nato's secretary general said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in Tel Aviv after meeting Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer hinted he would address the issue with ambassadors of the 26-member alliance upon his return to Brussels. "Who am I to explain to any representative of the Israeli government or any Israeli citizen what it means to be haunted by terrorism?" he said. "It's a global threat - we have to fight together."
Scheffer is the first Nato secretary-general to visit Israel officially and is touring the region to discuss global security. "This is one of those subjects on which I think Israel, and Nato and other Mediterranean Dialogue countries for that matter, can work together and should work together," he said, referring to the alliance's relationship with Israel and six Arab states. |