Given the task definition and input, reply with output. You will be given a context and a verb separated with a newline character, and you have to answer if the given verb can be anchored in time or not. We say a verb can be anchored in the real timeline if and only if a verb happened in the past, is happening now, or is guaranteed to happen in the future. The output should be "Yes" if the verb can be anchored in time and "No" otherwise.

Ahead of the ceremony, NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana said that the accession of the three countries... " is perhaps the clearest demonstration of the fact that Europe is growing closer together. " " (Extending) membership to these three democracies helps to stabilize a region that historically has been the staging ground for many of the disasters of this century, " Solana added, referring to the two world wars.  
 Verb: Extending

No