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While France and the United Kingdom suspect China of not having told the whole truth about its management of the epidemic, the American president accuses the WHO of being under Chinese domination ... The secretary general of the Jens Stoltenberg says on Europe 1 that "the best weapon against disinformation and propaganda" is support between allies and information gathering.
"This work to fight against propaganda, we do it by collecting the facts: we must know what is happening and what the different countries are doing. Our role is to ask the difficult questions, which can be disturbing questions, but you have to have everything to be sure you have the information, "said the NATO chief. "I think it's the best weapon we have against disinformation and propaganda."
But more importantly, he said, it is above all necessary "to be able to demonstrate that our allies support each other. The United States will give instructions to its military personnel deployed in Europe to be available to assist the NATO allies. "
According to Jens Stoltenberg, this cooperation "is the best way to counter this war of disinformation". "Besides, quite recently, Germany provided assistance by offering beds for patients coming from France, and aid was also devoted to Spain".
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