Joint Press Conference by Secretary Carter and Secretary Michael Fallon > U.S. Department o... 3 of 14 https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/937142/joint-press-conference-... where eventually they will be defeated. Third and finally, we reviewed United Nations' peacekeeping. Work in the Middle East shows that while we may be leaving here the European Union, we are not abandoning our global responsibilities. Like the United States, Britain remains committed to projecting our global influence for the global good. So we concluded our talks today by discussing tomorrow's peacekeeping conference. Better peacekeeping means less instability, fewer lives destroyed by conflict and fewer ungoverned spaces for extremists to hide. At President Obama's summit last year, many nations made an unprecedented commitment to increase the capability of the United Nations' peacekeeping. But we've agreed today that it is time for nations to go further, to honor the pledges they've made, to improve the United Nations' planning and to up the performance of those peacekeepers on the ground, increasing the number ofwomen in the ranks of peacekeeping and modernizing the way we do peacekeeping for the 21st century. So let me say in conclusion, we are continuing to tighten our ties in between our two countries. As the world gets more dangerous, we continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the United States, fronting up to our enemies and continuing to defend across the world the values we believe in. Secretary Carter. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASH CARTER: Thank you, Michael. And thanks everyone for being here. And Michael, thank you for inviting me here today. It's always a pleasure to be with you, a very strong and capable partner. Before I turn to our productive meeting this afternoon, I -- I'd first like to say how much I enjoyed returning 21.02.23, 14:13