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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Julie Carr Smyth and Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos

At commemoration of Dayton Peace Accords, Balkan and US officials say NATO helps maintain peace

NATO Dayton - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Representatives of Balkan nations that benefited from the 30-year-old Dayton Peace Accords joined Americans of both political parties on Friday to affirm the value of NATO to maintaining peace around the world.

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker told a public forum at the University of Dayton held in conjunction with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly being held this week in the Ohio city that there's “no doubt” that the U.S., as the world's leading superpower, will be challenged in the future and it's “going to need friends.”

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