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NATO must 'step up' after Manchester attack: Stoltenberg
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 Brussels (AFP) May 24, 2017


British PM to cut short G7 trip after Manchester attack
London (AFP) May 24, 2017 - British Prime Minister Theresa May will curtail her trip to the G7 summit in Italy this week following the deadly suicide attack on a Manchester concert, an official said Wednesday.

Britain is on its highest terror alert level following Monday's bombing, meaning another attack is thought imminent, and police are searching for the perpetrator's accomplices.

May will attend the first day on Friday of the Group of Seven meeting in Taormina on the island of Sicily, which is due to be attended by US President Donald Trump, but will miss the Saturday talks.

"Based on the fact that we have a threat level which is currently critical and the ongoing situation here, the prime minister currently plans a shortened programme at the G7 so she is likely to return on Friday evening," a senior government official said.

Before heading to Sicily, May is due to attend the NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday, where she will urge the other leaders of the military alliance to step up their efforts in tackling terror.

NATO is expected to join the US-led coalition against the Islamic State jihadist group, one of Trump's key demands, diplomatic sources in Brussels said.

At the summit, May will reiterate that Monday's attack was "a callous and cowardly act that was all the more sickening in the way it targeted innocent and defenceless children and young people", according to aides.

An eight-year-old girl was among the 22 murdered at the Manchester Arena.

The prime minister will say she is "grateful for the support and solidarity shown by all our NATO allies" and point to the bombing as an example of why the international community must do more to tackle terrorism.

"A strong, capable and united NATO is at the heart of the security of each and every one of our nations. Our unity in responding to common threats is our most potent weapon," she is expected to say.

"We must redouble our resolve to meet the threats to our shared society, whether from terrorism or from Russia."

NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that the Manchester bombing shows the alliance must agree at a summit with US President Donald Trump to do more to combat terrorism.

Terrorism will be top of the agenda at Thursday's meeting in Brussels which comes amid sharp divisions over joining the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group.

"I expect NATO allies to step up and agree to do more in the fight against terrorism, not least because of the attack we saw in Manchester," Stoltemberg told a news conference on the eve of the summit.

Trump arrives in Brussels later Wednesday having said NATO was "obsolete" because it did not focus on the threat of Islamist terrorism.

He has since softened the criticism but still wants NATO to join the anti-IS coalition itself as an important gesture of support for the campaigns in Syria and Iraq.

All 28 allies have joined the coalition as individual countries and if NATO became a member, that would significantly boost coordination in the war against IS in Syria and Iraq, Stoltenberg recalled.

He said the "brutal attack" claimed by IS showed the terror threat remained ever present.

"Many allies would like to see NATO as a full member of the coalition," Stoltenberg added.

"Firstly, because it sends a strong message of unity... and especially in light of the attack in Manchester, I think it is important to send this message of unity against terrorism," he said.

NATO currently provides AWACS surveillance planes to help anti-IS operations and trains officers in Iraq but it stresses that these are and should remain non-combat roles.

Diplomatic sources say some of the allies, including France and Germany, are reluctant to go further for fear of getting dragged into a ground war and risking NATO's standing with Arab powers.

They are also concerned NATO could end up taking over control of the whole operation in Iraq.

New French President Emmanuel Macron is due to meet Trump for lunch Thursday when the issue is expected to be a major talking point.

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