Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – U.S. President Barack Obama was instrumental at the recently concluded 2-day Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. In which NATO was placed on a fresh-start with Russia that paved the way for renewed diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow.

Political pundits welcomed decisions adopted at the Summit saying they would change the way NATO does business, making the Alliance more effective, more efficient and more engaged with the wider world.

Contrasting U.S. previous statements, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen signed an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai that involved a long-term partnership between the alliance and Afghanistan.

With this deal, NATO announced the alliance will stay as long as necessary to support Afghanistan until it was no longer a safe haven for terrorism.

In addition to that, the two agreed to let Afghan security forces increase their position in security operations across the country, starting early 2011 and be completed by 2014.

NATO with the aim of making global partners in a changed post-cold war scenario announced a new equation with Russia to build a true strategic partnership.

Addressing the earlier controversial issue with Russia about missile deployment in Europe, NATO leaders extended an offer to Moscow to cooperate with NATO as it reiterated its decision to develop the capability to defend European territory and populations against missile attack as a core element of collective defense.

To address new threats, the alliance agreed to enhance its cyber defense capabilities in the coming years.

Accepting that cyber attacks are becoming more frequent, more organized and more costly and have the potential to inflict damage on – businesses, economies and potentially also – transportation and supply networks and other critical infrastructure, the statement said, “They can reach a threshold that threatens national and Euro-Atlantic prosperity, security and stability.”

“Foreign militaries and intelligence services, organized criminals, terrorist and/or extremist groups can each be the source of such attacks,” the statement added.

With an aim to rope in support and cement cooperation with other regional and global groups, NATO leaders adopted a new strategic concept to guide its mission over the next ten years.

The new roadmap assured Euro-Atlantic security through a wide network of partner relationships with countries and organizations around the globe, such as the United Nations and the European Union, and kept the door open to consultation with any partner country on security issues of common concern.

The 28 NATO Allies were joined during the Summit by the 20 partners who are contributing forces to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan, as well as representatives of the United Nations, the World Bank and the European Union, and Afghan President Karzai.

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