Thank you very much, thank you kindly for your welcome great to see you and great to be here again in Tapa, this very important mission. NATO is perhaps unique in the history of defence alliances because it has stood for over 70 years, not for aggression but for peace and stability. During those years the alliance has been tested many times – in the Cold War, in the Balkans, in Afghanistan. This matters because the world has become a more dangerous and a more contested place. A few short days ago we first stood witness to scenes we hoped we would never see again on the continent of Europe. A s…