Outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged Member States to uphold the alliance’s founding values in a speech reflecting on his ten-year tenure on Thursday. “Since I took up my past as secretary general in 2014, the world around us has changed profoundly,” he said in his farewell speech. Speaking about Ukraine, he emphasised that the country is closer to NATO than ever before – saying the alliance’s door was open and Ukraine would join. “Today, President Putin believes he can achieve his goals on the battlefield. And he believes that he can wait us out. That is why he continues to …