Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for appearing here today.
I want to start my questions with Madeleine Moon, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at a NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Washington a couple of years ago. We took advantage of the opportunity of long bus rides between venues to exchange views at that time.
I am going to ask you questions in the context of your being a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's defence committee. First is my concern about the lowered threshold for use of nuclear weapons. We've certainly seen that in sabre rattling in North Korea. We've seen it in the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons. I'm wondering whether you have seen a renewed commitment or emphasis on NATO's commitment to create the conditions for a world free of nuclear weapons, either in the Parliamentary Assembly or in NATO's work itself.