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Closing press conference

by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the end of the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington

11 Jul. 2024 -Last updated: 12 Jul. 2024 01:07 (As delivered)

Good afternoon, we have just concluded a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council. President Zelenskyy updated Allies on the situation the battlefield and Ukraine’s most urgent needs. Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion NATO Allies have provided Ukraine with unprecedented support including tens of billions of euros in military aid. Ukraine has had a difficult winter and spring. Gaps and delays in the provision of military support have had real consequences on the battlefield and Ukrainians have shown remarkable courage and tenacity in holding the line but we cannot and will not allow this to happen again.

At this Summit, we are turning a corner and putting in place the foundations for Ukraine to prevail. Allies have agreed to launch NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine with a command in Germany, logistic hubs in the eastern part of the Alliance, and around 700 personnel. NATO will coordinate the training of Ukrainian forces at facilities in Allied countries, plan and coordinate the provision of donations, manage the transfer and repair of equipment and provide support to the long-term development of Ukraine's forces. 

Allies have also agreed a major financial pledge to Ukraine with a minimum baseline of 40 billion euros within the next year. And to sustain our support for Ukraine to prevail. We will review this level at forthcoming Summits to ensure that our support continues to meet Ukraine's needs. 
Europeans are more than matching the overall US support for Ukraine. This pledge will ensure greater burden sharing of military support too. It will also provide Ukraine the reliable support it needs to deter and defend against future Russian aggression now and in the future. At the Summit Allies have made further announcements of immediate military aid including critical air defence, and more Allies have signed bilateral security agreements with Ukraine bringing the total to more than 20. We have taken further steps to deepen Ukraine's interoperability with NATO, bolster Ukraine's defence industry and enhance cooperation on innovation. 

We have also agreed to establish NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis Training and Education Centre in Poland. All of this support will make Ukraine stronger and more capable. In fact, everything we are doing - the command, the pledge, more military aid, more security agreements, and improved interoperability put in place the foundations for Ukraine to prevail. They serve as a bridge to NATO. Allies have agreed that as Ukraine continues necessary reforms, we will support them on the irreversible path to membership.
Today we send a strong message of unity and resolve to Moscow. That violence and intimidation do not pay, and that Ukraine can count on NATO now and for the long haul. 

(Today in our meeting, we also met with our Indo-Pacific partners. China has become a decisive enabler of Russia's war against Ukraine. Through its no-limits partnership and support for Russia's defence industrial base. This includes the transfer of dual-use materials such as weapon components, equipment and raw materials. We agree that China cannot continue to fuel the largest military conflict in Europe without this impacting Beijing's interests and reputation.)

Other authoritarian states such as Iran and North Korea are also supporting Russia's war with drones, ammunition and more. This makes it even more important that we work closely with our like-minded partners in the Indo-Pacific. So we launched new cooperative projects on disinformation, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, as well as support to Ukraine. We discussed expanding the scope of defence industrial cooperation and how to improve intelligence sharing. These are all important steps because we see all too clearly that what happens in Europe matters for Asia, and what happens in Asia matters for Europe. And this more dangerous world, we must stand together to defend our shared security interests and uphold our shared values. With that, I'm ready to take your questions.

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NATO Spokesperson, Farah Dakhlallah –
Okay, thank you. I'll begin with [TV Poland]. Go ahead second row.

Question - Good morning. [unclear] I would like to ask you for comment on the recent exercises of Russia, Belarus and China close to Polish border with Russia which is extremely dangerous especially that since three years Poland is facing attacks from the illegal migrants encouraged by Belarus. Could you comment please? Chinese minister of foreign affairs told only that Poland and Belarus should to find some diplomatic solution. And if I might say something I think that not only in my personal name, I would like to thank you for all cooperation with media, with journalists and for all the news. Thank you very much.

NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg - The Chinese exercise together with Belarusian forces in Belarus. It’s part of a pattern that just confirms how authoritarian regimes are aligning more and more and also how China is coming closer to NATO, in Europe, in Africa, in the Arctic and elsewhere. So this fits into the pattern we have seen. Also with a closer alignment between China and Russia but now also China and Belarus. And of course it also fits into the pattern of authoritarian powers working closely together in supporting Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, a neighbour to Belarus. We need to remember what kind of regimes we are speaking about. We are speaking about authoritarian regimes. China is oppressing its own people, cracking down on democratic voices - they crushed actually democratic voices in Hong Kong, more assertive behaviour in the South China Sea, threatening neighbours, threatening Taiwan. China is conducting a huge military build-up with no transparency and investing heavily in new modern missiles, nuclear weapons. So again, the fact that they are aligning more and more with Russia, with Belarus just fits into this broader picture of authoritarian powers working together. And of course, that makes it even more important we then work together with our partners also in the Indo-Pacific.

NATO Spokesperson, Farah Dakhlallah - Okay, we'll go to the gentleman in the fourth row. Sorry, third chair.

Question - Hi, my name is [unclear] I'm working for [unclear] Egyptian TV. Actually, my question is, according to congressional law issued last December in United States, the United States is committed to continue its cooperation with the NATO. So, from the side of the Alliance, the NATO, is there any plans to deal with any changes in power in the United States? I mean, the elections in next November and also on the other side of the North Atlantic. There are some changes we are seeing now in Europe with some right-wing parties are getting some gains in the elections. So whether NATO in general has a plan to deal with all these changes in the both sides of the Atlantic?

NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg - Well, NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary this year and throughout our history we have had many changes of governments and many different political parties in the leadership of the different Allied countries. And often there has been concerns about whether new governments, new political parties will support NATO. And of course in democracies you don't have any guarantees but the reality is that NATO has proven extremely resilient because every time you have a new party, a new government, they realize that every NATO Ally, is safer in NATO than outside NATO. NATO is in the security interest of all Allies to stand together. And I expect that to continue to be the case, because it is good for North America to have a strong NATO. It's good for Europe to have a strong NATO. And when it comes to United States, I will just say that, I expect that the United States will remain a strong and loyal NATO Ally, partly because it is in the security interest of the United States.
There are concerns in United States about the rise, the economic strength, the military power that China represents. And of course, United States is big - 25% of the world's GDP, the world economy, but together with NATO Allies, so we represent 50% - twice as much and 50% of the military might so the reality is that NATO makes also the United States stronger and safer. And this is a strong argument for the United States to continue to support and to remain a loyal and committed NATO Ally.
There's also very strong bipartisan support in the United States according to opinion polls, but also in the US Congress. And then thirdly, the main criticism from for instance, former President Trump has actually not mainly been against NATO. It has been against NATO Allies not investing in enough in NATO and this has fundamentally changed. When we made the pledge in 2014 to invest more in defence, only three Allies met the NATO guideline of spending 2% of GDP, now 23 Allies. So the clear message from the United States has an impact - European Allies and Canada are really stepping up, 23 Allies will meet the 2% guideline this this year, many will actually spend significantly more and today, Canada - Prime Minister Trudeau announced that also Canada will now put in place a plan to be at 2% within a few years. So that means that all those Allies who are not yet at 2%, they have a plan in place to be at 2%. So I welcome both the fact that so many Allies have reached 2% but also that those Allies who are not yet at 2%, including Canada now have a clear plan in place. So for all these reasons, I expect the United States, as all other Allies to remain committed to NATO because it is in our interest to be together.

NATO Spokesperson, Farah Dakhlallah - Okay, we'll go to Yonhap. This is the last question I'm afraid.

Question – Thank you so much [unclear]. Secretary, you mentioned about cooperation between NATO and Indo-Pacific partners. I want to ask you then, what kind of role does NATO specifically want ROK to play in terms of helping Ukraine self defence right now? And if NATO wants ROK to give military aid to Ukraine, what kind of military aid does NATO want from ROK? And have you talked with ROK sides about these issues during this Summit? Thank you very much.

NATO Spokesperson, Jens Stoltenberg - I welcome all support to Ukraine. Humanitarian, economic, military support, but it is for each and every country and each and every part of NATO to decide exactly what kind of support they [unclear] to provide to Ukraine. I had today a very good meeting with the President of the Republic of Korea, President Yoon. This is the third time he participates in a NATO Summit. I think that reflects that NATO and the Republic of Korea - we are really stepping up our cooperation. And South Korea, the Republic of Korea is a highly valued NATO partner and we are addressing how we can do more together. Both deepen our political dialogue but also strengthen our practical cooperation. We have agreed an Individual Tailored Partnership Program addressing different areas where we can work together. And of course in the meeting with the President today we also agreed and addressed the fact that what happens in Ukraine today demonstrates how interlinked European security is with security in the Indo-Pacific. Because we all know that Russia's illegal war against Ukraine is supported by China, by Iran but not least by North Korea. And North Korea has delivered huge amounts of ammunition, it continues to deliver ammunition and the military support to Russia’s illegal war. And of course, this is not something North Korea is doing for free. We are very concerned about potential support that Russia may deliver to North Korea's nuclear missile programs, which are not only a threat to the Korean peninsula, to the Republic of Korea, but to regional and global stability. So it demonstrates that security is not regional anymore. Security is truly global. And North Korea’s support to Russia's war in Ukraine and the consequences this will have is one example of that. So for all these reasons, we really welcome the deepened partnership between NATO and the Republic of Korea. I appreciate that I had one more possibility nowadays to meet with the President. And we agreed to step up further cooperation with NATO and South Korea.

NATO Spokesperson, Farah Dakhlallah - Thank you, Secretary General. Sincere apologies but that's all we have time for. Thank you all for being here.

NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg - Thank you so much.

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Doorstep statement

by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the start of the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington

• 10 Jul. 2024 -Last updated: 10 Jul. 2024 16:15 (As delivered)

Good morning. Today and tomorrow, we will have the NATO Summit with all the Heads of State of Government of the Allies with us. This will be an historic Summit because we will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the most successful Alliance in history. But we will do more than celebrations. We will also make important decisions for the future on deterrence and defence, on Ukraine, and on how to expand our partnerships in particular with our partners in the Asia-Pacific.

(우크라이나 지원 5대 요소) On Ukraine, I expect Allies to agree a substantial package, which will consist of five elements. 1. One is a NATO Command for Ukraine to provide security assistance and training. 2. A long term pledge to continue and sustain our support to Ukraine. 3. New announcements of immediate military support (including air defence) and 4. new bilateral security agreements between NATO Allies and Ukraine). And then finally 5. we will step up what to do to ensure full interoperability between Ukrainian forces and NATO forces including with a new training and education centre in Poland. All together these five elements constitute a strong bridge for Ukraine to membership of the Alliance. And I’m confident that Allies will then reiterate their commitment that Ukraine will become a member of NATO.

On deterrence and defence, we will ensure that we have the forces in place to meet the requirements of our new and ambitious defence plans. We already have 500.000 troops on high readiness, the highest in decades. We will also integrate a new ballistic defence site in Poland.

And of course the most important thing is that we now see that Allies are stepping up when it comes to defence investments. We made the pledge ten years ago at the NATO Summit in 2014, that Allies should spend 2% of GDP on defence. At that time, only 3 Allies spent 2% or more on defence. This year, 23 Allies will spend 2% or more of GDP on defence. This makes a big difference and demonstrates that Allies are taking security extremely serious.

The last thing I will say is that we will also meet the Heads of Federal Government from our Asia-Pacific partners, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea and the war in Ukraine demonstrates how our security is interlinked because Iran, North Korea and China are the main enablers of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

CNBC (United States)

Thank you, sir. So first of all, congratulations on your Presidential Medal of Freedom. So well deserved. So, it's so apt that we are in Washington DC, and no one coming into the country can ignore the feverish speculation and questioning around the leadership at the moment. Even Volodymyr Zelenskyy has very, very great concerns about US politicians, waiting to offer their support on both sides of the House before the November election. How much does the Alliance hang in the balance? I remember for well, you being lambasted, sir, in Brussels in 2018 by the then-President, Mr. Trump, as well, about European defence. We're all waiting on the election. Is that very dangerous for the North Atlantic Alliance?

NATO Secretary General

1. I expect that regardless of the outcome of the US elections, the US will remain a strong and staunch NATO Ally -  for three reasons. One is that it is in the US security interest to have a strong NATO. NATO is good for Europe, but it's also good for United States. It makes the United States stronger and safer because in NATO, the United States has something no other Ally… no other major power has. And that is more than 30 friends and Allies. Russia doesn't have that, China does not have that. The United States has NATO, [it] makes the United States stronger. 

2. The second reason why I believe that the United States will remain a strong Ally is that it has broad bipartisan support for NATO in the United States. Just now, new opinion polls demonstrating the broad support for NATO among US voters, but also in the US Congress. I will later on today go to the US Senate. And in the US Congress, there is strong bipartisan support for NATO.

3.( And thirdly, the main criticism from former President Trump and also from others against NATO has actually not primarily been against NATO.) It has been against NATO Allies not spending enough on NATO. And this has really changed. Just over the last two years, we have seen a dramatic increase in defence spending across Europe and Canada. And a record high number of Allies are now meeting the target of spending 2%, and those Allies who are not yet there, they have clear plans in place to be at  2% soon. So this is… for these reasons - US security interest is to have a strong NATO, strong bipartisan support, and that European Allies are stepping up, investing more - I expect that the United States will remain a strong Ally regardless of the outcome of the elections.

ARD (Germany)

Thank you, Secretary General. Should Ukraine's path to NATO be irreversible? And should this be explicitly mentioned in the Summit declaration? And another question, if I may: is this Summit the opportunity to finally deliver all seven requested air defence systems to Ukraine?

NATO Secretary General

First, on the exact language: I expect that Allies will agree a strong message on membership for Ukraine. But on the exact language, I will refrain to comment on - until we have a statement agreed. It is negotiated as we speak. I'm confident that we'll agree a statement later on today, and then I can go into the details about the language. [Inaudible] question to ask but I will be able to answer it more in detail soon.

On air defence, President Zelenskyy spoke to NATO Defence Ministers in April. That was when he asked for more air defence capabilities. We promised to work hard on that, and Allies have worked hard. I have worked, and NATO leaders have engaged. And we have now the announcement by President Biden and several other Allies yesterday that they will be able to deliver five new advanced strategic air defence systems. From United States, from Italy, from Romania, from the Netherlands, and also from one more Ally(독일). And of course, this is a significant contribution. On top of that, we will also then ensure that they have more tactical air defence systems, including NASAMS. So we are constantly working on how we can deliver more. I think that the announcement that was made by President Biden yesterday is significant, but we continue to see if we can add more on top of that.

Yonhap (South Korea)

Thank you Secretary General, Yonhap news agency, South Korea. South Korea's cooperation with NATO has been growing. So how do you think this cooperative partnership between South Korea and NATO will help counter the deepening alignment between North Korea and Russia, and how this kind of cooperation partnership will help enhance security on the Korean peninsula? Thank you.

NATO Secretary General

I will answer to that in a moment, but let me just add that, of course, Germany is also on the list of the Allies who have provided additional Patriot systems for Ukraine after the call was made by President Zelenskyy in April. Germany was actually the first to announce.

South Korea is an important partner. I look forward to meet the South Korean president tomorrow. We will have a meeting with our Asia Pacific partners, I will have a bilateral meeting also with the President of South Korea. The war in Ukraine demonstrates how our security is interlinked, because North Korea is actually one of the main providers of military support, of ammunition to Russia, to enable them to conduct a war of aggression against Ukraine in the heart of Europe. And of course, we are deeply concerned about what is Russia giving in return. [President] Putin just the met with the North Korean leader. We know that North Korea and Russia are coming closer, and also signed a defence pact. So this demonstrates how what happens in Europe matters for Asia, Korea, and what happens in Asia and Korea matters for Europe.

So we are looking at how we can work more closely together including when it comes to expanding together defence industry cooperation. You have advanced… South Korea has advanced defence industry. I think there's great potential to do more together - on technology, on cyber, and also, we're looking into how we can have better systems and methods for exchange of information, because that will help strengthen the security both of South Korea and our NATO Allies. So we're working on a wide range of areas. We will agree also some flagship projects to further expand the cooperation between South Korea and NATO.

Iitalehti (Finland)

Kreeta Karvala, Iitalehti, Finland. What is the main reason that Ukraine cannot be NATO member yet? And if I may, is Russia an emerging threat to NATO's Eastern flank, and can we expect that war escalates?

NATO Secretary General

We don't see any imminent military threat against any NATO Ally. And Russia is now fully preoccupied with the war against Ukraine. And they moved a lot of forces also from along the border between Russia and Finland down to Ukraine. So we don't see any imminent military threat against any NATO Ally. What we see is, of course, a constant threat of cyber attacks, of sabotage, of different types of hostile actions against NATO Allies. But short of military attacks, because Russia is so preoccupied with the war in Ukraine.

But of course, we need to be vigilant. We monitor closely what Russia is doing. And NATO Allies are investing heavily in new, modern defence capabilities. And just the fact that we now have Finland and Sweden as members - that has made NATO stronger, and Finland and Sweden safer. Finland brings very capable forces - well equipped, well trained forces to our Alliance, and the fact that Finland is now a member makes it also of course easier to do defence planning in the Nordic area, but also with the Baltic countries. So that was the second question. What was the first?

Iitalehti (Finland) Ukraine.

NATO Secretary General

So, as you know, to have a new Ally, to invite a new Ally, we need consensus. And all Allies agree that Ukraine will become a member, but it's too early to say exactly when that will happen. What I can say is that we are moving together with Ukraine, Ukraine closer and closer to NATO membership, and we do that by concrete actions. Because Ukraine’s membership is of course partly about the language, the wording we will agree later today, and the NATO declaration about membership for Ukraine, but it's also very much about the concrete actions we are taking to move Ukraine closer to membership. 

And the fact that we now will have a NATO command with 700 people based in Germany at NATO command there, but also at hubs in Eastern part of the Alliance to facilitate training and security assistance to Ukraine. That will give us a stronger NATO framework basis for what we do, and also help to move Ukraine closer to our membership. The long term financial pledge, everything we do on interoperability… when NATO Allies are delivering F16s, for instance, to Ukraine we also deliver training doctrines and all of that are examples of how we are moving Ukraine closer to NATO, and making it easier for them to become member when the time is right.

Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)

Secretary General, you mentioned the Russian sabotage campaign. Just yesterday, we read that US military bases across your  Europe were placed on heightened alert because of a possible threat. What concrete is NATO doing to prevent these kinds of actions and what will be the message from the Summit? Thank you.

NATO Secretary General

I will not comment on that specific incident. It's correct that the US has increased alert levels for some other bases, but it's for US to comment on that specific incident. What I can say is that we have seen a pattern of increased Russian hostile acts against NATO Allies over the last months organized by the Russian security services. And this is about sabotage, this is about cyber attacks, this is about arson attempts, this is about different types of malign actions against NATO Allies. And what NATO has done and what we are doing is that first of all, we are stepping up awareness. We are making Allies aware that these are not a standalone incidents but that this is part of a Russian campaign to try to intimidate those from supporting Ukraine. So, increased awareness. Second, more intelligence sharing.  The fact that we now also have arrests in UK, in Poland, in Germany, and some of the Baltic countries of people who are accused of standing behind this sabotage different sabotage or malign activities is to some extent also the concrete outcome of exchange of intelligence between NATO Allies. So stepping up our sharing of intelligence is a second thing we do.

And thirdly, it's also important to realize that what NATO does to help Allies improve their cyber defences. It's important because much of this is taking place in cyberspace, and also to counter disinformation because it's a variety of different hostile actions, ranging from disinformation to concrete sabotage attempts. We are vigilant. We are monitoring closely what Russia is doing. And of course, many of the actions have to be taken by individual Allies. The arrests that have taken place in in across the Alliance are taken by National Police authorities and there are ongoing legal processes across the Alliance. Thank you.

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Opening remarks

by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. President Joe Biden at the meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Heads of State and Government

10 Jul. 2024 - Last updated: 10 Jul. 2024 23:51 (As delivered)

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

Good afternoon. Welcome to all of you. It is great to see you all here at this Summit. Welcome to the NATO Summit in Washington. And many thanks to our hosts, the United States, and many thanks to you personally, President Biden, dear Joe. There is no better place to celebrate the 75th anniversary of our Alliance, than right here in Washington, where the North Atlantic Treaty was signed back in 1949.

So thank you so much for hosting us all here. And thank you also, President Biden, for your personal leadership and your strong commitment over many years to NATO, to our Transatlantic Alliance. This has all made us stronger. Let me also welcome Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. This is your first time as a full member of the Alliance, as Prime Minister attending a NATO Summit. So welcome to the family Ulf, it is great to see you here.

In this first session, we will make decisions for our future security. We will strengthen our defence. 23 Allies now meet the target of spending 2% of GDP on defence, up from just three Allies in 2014, when we made the pledge to invest more in defence.

We will increase our support for Ukraine by establishing a NATO Coordination and Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine, and by ensuring a sustained support for the long term. Support to Ukraine is not charity. It is in our own security interest.

And we will reinforce our partnerships in the Indo Pacific, to push (against the growing alignment of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.) Let me now pass the floor to President Biden for his opening statement. So please, Joe, you have the floor.

US President Joseph Biden

Secretary-General, Allies, friends. Seventy-five years ago, when our nations created the Alliance, President Truman said, quote, “We hope to create a shield against aggression, the fear of aggression,” and to “permit us to get on with the real business” of creating “government and society.” 

For 75 years, our nations have grown and prospered behind the NATO shield. Today, we’re stronger than we’ve ever been.  Since, I took office, we’ve doubled the number of battle groups at NATO’s eastern flank in — the United States has; Finland and Sweden have joined the Alliance; and the number of Allies spending at least 2 percent on defense has gone from 9 to 23. That’s not happened by chance but by choice. At our summit two years ago, we launched a plan to modernize our deterrence and our defense.  And today, we have to ask ourselves: What is next?  How can we keep making the shield stronger?

One answer must be to strengthen our industrial base. Right now, Russia is on a wartime footing with regard to defense production.  They’ve — they’re significantly ramping up their production of weapons, munitions, and vehicles.  And they’re doing it with the help of China, North Korea, and Iran.  We cannot — in my view, we cannot allow the Alliance to fall behind. The fact is that so many of my — my — let me put it this way: I’m very pleased that, today, all NATO members are making the pledge to expand our industrial base and our industrial capacity, like our defense-spending commitment.  This is a critical step to maintaining our security. 

The first time ever, every NATO nation is pledging to develop plans for defense production at home.  That means, as an alliance, we’ll become more innovative and competitive.  And we’re able to produce more critical defense equipment more quickly and — than — and we should — we may need it. You know, we will not be surpassed — we cannot be surpassed by anyone when it comes to our readiness. 

Here at home, Americans have seen the power of investments like these.  (In my administration,) we’ve already invested $30 billion in defense manufacturing to restart or expand production across 35 of our states.  We’re investing billions more.  The result: stronger supply chains, a stronger economy, stronger military, and a stronger nation. 

Let me close this.  This new pledge sends an unmistakable message to the world that every NATO member is committed to doing their part to keep the Alliance strong; we can and will defend every inch of NATO territory, and we’ll do it together; and that we’re investing in our future strength to ensure NATO will always be ready for whatever threats we’ll face — should be a clear message we’re making to the w- — sending to the world. So, I want to thank you, every NATO member, for your commitment for our shared security. And I will now ask the press to depart so we can get started.

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Keynote speech Defense Industry Forum(방위산업포럼 연설)

by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO Industry Forum in Washington 

09 Jul. 2024 -Last updated: 09 Jul. 2024 22:18 (As delivered)

Ministers, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
It is good to see you all today and to be here at this conference.
Many thanks to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for hosting us all here today. 

This week, NATO heads of state and government will convene in Washington to celebrate NATO, the 75th anniversary of the most successful Alliance in history. But we will do more than celebrate, we will also take important decisions for the future.

That will be decisions on how to step up our support for Ukraine. It will be decisions about how to further strengthen our partnership with countries around the globe in particular with our Asia Pacific partners. And of course, it will be decisions on NATO’s core task: deterrence and defence.

NATO's main purpose is to prevent war and to preserve peace by providing credible deterrence every day to ensure that there is no room for miscalculation and misunderstanding in any capital about NATO's ability to defend and protect all Allies. 

As long as we have that credible deterrence, there will be no armed attack against any NATO Ally. And that is why we have been able to preserve peace for 75 years with no armed attack against any NATO Ally. And we will be able to ensure that also in the future, as long as we ensure that we have the strong defence and credible deterrence that we need.

The reason this conference is so important is that there is no way to provide strong defence without a strong defence industry. We are totally dependent on you, because you actually deliver and produce the capabilities we need, the weapons, the ammunitions, the systems we need to have a strong defence.

The defence industry is also key to ensure that we have the ingenuity to maintain the technological edge that has always benefited the Alliance. And you’re also important because it's only when the cooperation between the government and the defence industry is working well that we are able not only to deliver the capabilities and the ingenuity but also the interoperability we need to function as an Alliance. So for all these reasons we are very dependent on you.

The good news is that you are also very dependent on us because we are your only customer. The only way you get contracts and someone to buy products is actually when governments decide to invest more in defence. That's the source of your business. And therefore the good news is that Allies are actually investing more.

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan mentioned some of the numbers, they are quite impressive. Because you have to understand that to for a politician to allocate more money to defence, then you need to allocate less money to something else. So the difficult thing is not to be in favour of increasing defence spending. The difficult challenge is to tell what will then get less. Or we will increase taxes or increase deficits.

But despite those difficulties, and despite the challenge that it is actually hard to allocate billions of extra for defence, that's exactly what Allies have done. We made the pledge 10 years ago at the Summit in 2014 in Wales. At the time, three Allies spent 2% of GDP on defence. This year, 23 Allies will spend 2 percent or more and some will actually spend significantly more than 2% of GPD on defence. (연내 23개국이 2% or more)

And this has added billions to our defence budgets. And a lot of that is actually going into contracts with the defence industry. And this is a result of a collective decision and of collective responsibility, demonstrated by NATO Allies, agreed some years ago and then repeated again and again and then we mobilized the additional money for defence. Those Allies that are not yet at 2% have promised to be there soon.

Ten years ago, we agree that 2% should be something we should strive towards. The language in the declaration we agreed 10 years ago was that we should strive towards reaching 2% of GDP for defence. And that has made a big difference. 

Now we have changed that language to say that 2% is a minimum. So 2% is no longer some kind of ceiling but 2% is now the floor for our defence spending. So we're not complacent, it’s not good enough what we do now, so we will do more. So there is a good market outlook for you. Because defence spending will continue to increase and Allies will continue to invest in things you are delivering. 

This pledge to invest more is also reflected in a decision we'll make at the NATO summit this week. That is that all NATO Allies will sign a new defence industrial pledge. And that will be a pledge that will help to make our industries across Europe and North America stronger, more innovative and capable of producing at scale. The first element to that pledge is increased defence spending.

The other main element in that pledge will be that we have to spend better by spending more together. That is partly to ensure that we are able to actually sign the big contracts for the long-term and also partly to ensure that we are able to utilize economies of scale, working together with the defence industry. 
We have some good examples of how NATO allies are working together in signing contracts and developing capabilities in different ways. 
The F-35 fighter jets are manufactured in the United States, of course, but also in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom. So it's actually something we do very much together as Allies. (F35 미국, 벨기에, 캐나다, 덴마크, 독일, 그리스, 이탈리아, 핀란드, 네덜란드, 노르웨이, 영국, 등 유럽 11개국서 제조) 

Saab’s Grippen planes are of course Swedish ingenuity, but there are also American components in that plane. We have the Storm Shadow, or SCALP which has proven so extremely critical in Ukraine, a joint effort produced by Franco-British companies which again demonstrate how we are doing things together.

We have the NATO Support and Procurement Agency which is helping to facilitate that Allies go together and buy things together. Last year, the NSPA agreed contracts worth over $11 billion for ammunition and capabilities. And just today, the NSPA signed new multinational contracts for Stinger missiles worth almost $700 million.

So we strongly believe that by utilizing the strength of this Alliance to bring Allies together. There are many other examples we can utilize economies of scale, we can give increased demand for long-term contracts and by working together, we're also ensuring interoperability which is so critical for this Alliance. 

The reality is that the war in Ukraine has demonstrated not only that the stocks are too small and have been too small, and that the production capacity has been too little, but has also demonstrated serious gaps in our interoperability. 

And the best-known example is the Dutch German brigade, where the whole idea is that this brigade should be able to operate together, but the reality is the 155 standard ammunition which the Dutch have, cannot be used in German howitzers and vice versa. And that's the opposite of interoperability. And this is something we take extremely seriously as government and as industry. So we will also as part of this pledge step up what we do to enforce to ensure that Allies actually deliver on interoperability and interchangeability of our capabilities.

There are many other messages in the defense industrial pledge we’ll agree this week but let me mention one final one here today: that is the need for us to work more closely with partners. That's partly Ukraine. and we are stepping up our cooperation with Ukraine. We are now taking over the lead as NATO for the provision of security assistance and training. We’ll have the command in Germany and 700 people there and in some logistics hubs in the eastern part of the Alliance. 독일에 우크라 지원 사령부, 인원 700명

We are doing that also to help to not only support but also to invest and develop projects together to increase the capability of Ukraine to produce weapons and munitions themselves. And again, some of you are already part of that. I met Rheinmetall they told me about investments in Ukraine, other Allies and companies are also investing in Ukraine. That is good because you bring capital and knowledge. But this is a two-way street. Because the Ukrainians also teach us a lot. They have combat experience and ingenuity that I strongly believe also strengthens our defence industry. So we will work more closely with the Ukrainians and we welcome all initiatives and proposals you may have. 

(IP4) We also work more closely with other partners. Part of the summit will be that we have one session where we have the heads of state and government from our four Asia Pacific partners, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea. They all have advanced defence industries. And part of what we have agreed as Allies will be to step up our cooperation with them also when it comes to defence industry capability developments. So, this summit will be a celebration Summit. But as you understand, the only way to celebrate the most successful Alliance in history, is to demonstrate that we are fit for purpose also for the future. NATO is the most successful Alliance in history because we have been able to unite around our core task to protect and defend each other, but also because NATO has always been able to adapt and change when the world is changing. Now the world is changing. We face serious security challenges, and therefore we need to step up our cooperation, we need to invest more, and we need to work closely with the defence industry. Thank you so much.