The hearing entitled ” NATO at 70: An Indispensable Alliance” was held at the  U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 13.

At the meeting were invited: Co-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy,  Senior Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Former United States Permanent Representative to NATO Douglas Lute, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor for Security and Defense Policy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Derek Chollet and Resident Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Initiative, Atlantic Council Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Ian Brzezinski.

According to the Georgian Foreign Ministry, the most important role of NATO was emphasized to ensure peace and security and to strengthen the unity of the alliance.

Eliot Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, delivered the opening remarks at a committee hearing. “In 2008, NATO missed the opportunity when it did not expand with Georgia and Ukraine. It gave Putin the idea that he can do whatever he wants, and we do not have the strength to resist him, including in the Crimea and other zones. ”