Secretarul General NATO : Noua generație de rachete rusești poate ajunge în capitalele europene în câteva minute. Este afirmaţia făcută la Adunarea Parlamentară NATO reunită la Ljubljana.
NATO Secretary General:
Dear Marcos, Mr. President. And let me start by saying that today, I believe, is a good day for peace and stability. As we know, President Trump, he arrived in Israel to mark the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the release this morning of hostages.
So I believe this is great news, and we all want to see peace and security in the Middle East. And therefore, of course, we also hope that this will repeat itself in Europe as soon as possible, because we still have a lot of work to do in Europe, but we can build on this success, I’m absolutely confident.
First, I also want to pay tribute to Lord Campbell, who served with distinction in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly for over three decades. Ming, as he was known, was a great champion of NATO and the transatlantic bond. He leaves an outstanding legacy and will be remembered fondly. It is a pleasure to be here in Ljubljana with you for our first discussion since the NATO Summit in The Hague.
We took historic decisions to make NATO stronger, fairer and more lethal, as Russia, China, North Korea and Iran work together to try to reshape the global order. Russia now allocates 40% of its budget to its war economy, and this year alone, it is expected to roll out at least 1500 tanks, 3000 armoured vehicles and hundreds of Iskander missiles.
China too is rapidly expanding its military capabilities, including its nuclear arsenal. NATO is stepping up. Allies are committed to investing 5% of GDP on defence, both for core defence spending as well as defence and security related investments. European Allies and Canada are now on a trajectory to equalise their defence investment with the United States.
When everyone contributes their fair share, we are all more secure. At The Hague, we committed to rapidly expand defence production across the Alliance so that our armed forces have the capabilities they need to keep our deterrence and defence strong today and in the future. At the Summit, we also reaffirmed NATO’s enduring support for Ukraine so that it can defend itself against Russia today, be in a strong position for any peace negotiations and be able to deter any Russian aggression in the future.
And since the Summit, NATO has launched a new initiative to support Ukraine, the Prioritised Ukraine Requirement List, or PURL, and this is supplying essential, lethal and non-lethal military equipment that only the US can provide to Ukraine, paid for by Allies. 2 billion dollars of equipment so far has moved in this way. It is not only keeping Ukraine in the fight, it is saving lives, and this is just in the first two months of PURL. More will follow soon, and we must keep up the tempo. And I know that also, President Zelenskyy, this morning addressed PURL in his address to this audience. On increased defence investment, production and support for Ukraine, I count on all of you as parliamentarians to make the case with your publics and to encourage your governments to keep up with their commitments.
You all play a vital role to keep NATO’s 1 billion people safe, and I want to thank you for everything you are doing on this.
Because we live in a dangerous world, and the threat is not something that’s held at a distance. The risks to our security have reach, the new generation of Russian missiles can reach European capitals in a matter of minutes. The disruptive power of drones, sabotage of undersea infrastructure, the security of cyberspace. All of us are affected, east and west alike, and with these challenges to our security, we see yet again why it is so essential that we work together in NATO.
When it comes to Russia’s reckless and dangerous violations of our airspace, we have seen that NATO’s response was quick and effective. We are doing what we trained for, and it works, but we need to do more, and that’s why within 36 hours after Russian drones entered Polish airspace last month, we launched Eastern Sentry, with more forces in the air, on land and at sea.
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