American General Walters officially became commander in chief of the United armed forces of NATO in Europe

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Todd Walters has replaced on this post of General Curtis Scaparrotti.
Todd Walters became the commander of the United NATO forces in Europe / photos www.af.mil

American General Todd Walters officially became the Supreme commander of the United armed forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Europe.

The ceremony of change of command took place at the Supreme headquarters in Mons (Belgium) and was broadcast on the website of the Alliance.

Walters has replaced on this post of General of the U.S. army, Curtis Scaparrotti.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in his speech at the ceremony said that during the “cold war,” Supreme commander of allied forces in Europe led the Alliance in the efforts to curb the actions of the Soviet Union, and later contributed to the termination of wars in the Balkans, contributed to the search capabilities to defeat al-Qaida in Afghanistan, contributed to the spread of freedom and democracy in Europe.

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“General, Scaparrotti Your time with us is determined more aggressive actions of Russia and the constant threat of terrorism and instability in the middle East and North Africa. Your leadership and hard work have confirmed the extreme importance of strengthening the Alliance,” – said Stoltenberg.

“Thanks to Your command, we have carried out the biggest reinforcement of our collective security in a generation,” – said the NATO Secretary General and added that on the Eastern frontier of NATO were placed four multinational military units and was enhanced readiness of the Alliance.

In turn, Scaparrotti said that “Euro-Atlantic security continues to change at an unprecedented pace”.

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According to him, NATO must continue to transform in order to maintain the unity of the Alliance, the protection of people and territories, the values that unite the Alliance. “To develop the force to be vigilant in peace, to react quickly in a crisis and will have the advantage in the conflict,” he said.

As Walters said, over the past 70 years, during the existence of the Alliance among the member countries of the peace, which is a tremendous achievement, and this must remain “our obligation”.

As they say in the message on the NATO website, General Walters was the commander Military-air forces of the USA in Europe, commander of U.S. forces in Africa, commander of joint NATO air force and Director of the joint training center of the air force.