00:00NATO member Estonia has expressed no doubts that the U.S. will help defend it if Russia attacks.
00:06This is according to the country's defense minister, Hano Pefke, who said this to Reuters.
00:14U.S. President Donald Trump this month threatened to pull U.S. out of the alliance over European
00:19members' refusal to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz near Iran. The alliance was
00:25already rattled by his plans to take over Greenland from Denmark, a NATO ally.
00:30Estonian intelligence warned in February its neighbor Russia is already stockpiling ammunition
00:35for future wars after the conflict in Ukraine ends.
00:40It is our duty and the responsibility to keep NATO together because we all will only benefit from this.
00:48And when we lose that unity, then it's not only about Europe, it's also about the U.S.
00:53who will lose a very big ally. So this is why I, to be honest, I don't believe that
00:59NATO will collapse. I believe that when there are bumpy roads, then it is normal that we solve these
01:09bumpy roads. And it's not the silky way always. It's like in marriage, you know, that you don't have 50
01:15years of pure silky way. You have some indifferences, you have some problems, but you need to work with them.
01:24Looking beyond Europe, PEFCA said NATO should focus on helping end the conflict in Iran,
01:29arguing this could allow the U.S. to shift more attention back to Ukraine.
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