Ataturk’s statements valid for today’s world

He added that Ataturk had said that humanity was one body and any nation was part of the body, so when an ilness occured in this part, noone mustn’t have been indifferent.

He went on to say, "There are many ilness in our world and it carries big importance that how NATO would react to these ilness. The situation that we are in is a NATO’s examination. The organization entered a new century which left Cold War behind but faced uncertainty."

Johnson added that NATO had to transform itself into an action force to deal with conflict and confusion all over the world.