00:00Our destinies as nations have been interlinked.
00:03As Oscar Wilde said, we have really everything in common with America nowadays, except of
00:11course language.
00:13So I come here today with the highest respect for the United States Congress, this citadel
00:21of democracy created to represent the voice of all American people to advance sacred rights
00:28and freedoms.
00:29The alliance that our two nations have built over the centuries, and for which we are profoundly
00:37grateful to the American people, is truly unique.
00:41And that alliance is part of what Henry Kissinger described as Kennedy's soaring vision of an
00:49Atlantic partnership based on twin pillars, Europe and America.
00:55That partnership, I believe, Mr Speaker, is more important today than it has ever been.
01:02In the immediate aftermath of 9-11, when NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time, and
01:10the United Nations Security Council was united in the face of terror, we answered the call
01:17together, as our people have done so for more than a century, shoulder to shoulder, through
01:23two world wars, the Cold War, Afghanistan, and moments that have defined our shared security.
01:31Today, Mr Speaker, that same unyielding resolve is needed for the defense of Ukraine, and her
01:40most courageous people.
01:41Yet, even as we celebrate the beauty that surrounds us, our generation must decide how to address the
01:52collapse of critical natural systems, which threatens far more than the harmony and essential diversity
01:59of nature. We ignore, at our peril, the fact that these natural systems, in other words, nature's own economy,
02:09provide the foundation for our prosperity and our national security.
02:14I pray, with all my heart, that our alliance will continue to defend our shared values with our partners in
02:23Europe,
02:24and the Commonwealth, and across the world.
02:26To be continued...
02:26So ...
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