Their aim was to organise joint defence if they come under attack.

他们的目标是在遭到攻击后进行联合防御。

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The two countries are preparing to revamp their joint defence guidelines for the first time in 17 years.

两国准备17年来首次修改它们的共同防卫大纲。

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to bear his fair share in the common defence, or in any other joint work necessary to the interest of the society of which he enjoys the protection;

于公共防务或者其他他所能享受到保护的有益于社会利益的共同事业承担公平的分摊；

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He adds that east Europeans, keen on NATO's security umbrella, will never trust joint European defence as long as they have lingering suspicions that it is a French scheme to weaken NATO.

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"We have got to be clear that the requirement for the carriers is part of a joint requirement for defence as a whole, and the effect they provide is a joint effect, not a maritime effect in isolation, " he said.

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This is not a deal that Mr Papandreou likes, since Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, has just proposed that the two formerly hostile neighbours should make a joint agreement to cut defence spending.

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