Oct 11
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg previewed the issues that NATO Defence Ministers will discuss over the next two days in Brussels, including support for Ukraine, strengthened deterrence and defence, NATO operations and missions, and the situation in the Middle East. He was joined by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy who is at NATO Headquarters to take part in the US-led Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting, alongside more than 50 countries.
The Secretary General told President Zelenskyy that “your fight is our fight, your security is our security, and your values are our values. And we will stand by Ukraine for as long as it takes”. He indicated that “we will further strengthen our relationship and help Ukraine move towards NATO membership”. Allied Defence Ministers will meet with their Ukrainian counterpart, Minister Umerov, in the NATO-Ukraine Council this afternoon to discuss the situation in Ukraine and NATO’s continued support.
Tomorrow’s (Thursday 12 October 2023) discussions will focus on deterrence and defence. Ministers will take stock of the work underway to resource and exercise the robust defence plans that Allied leaders agreed at the Vilnius Summit. They will also address NATO’s missions and operations, including in Kosovo and in Iraq, and discuss the recent damage to undersea infrastructure between Estonia and Finland. Regarding this incident, the Secretary General said that “the important thing now is to establish what happened and how this could happen. If it is proven to be a deliberate attack on NATO critical infrastructure, then this will be of course serious, but it will also be met by a united and determined response from NATO”.
Defence Ministers will also discuss the situation in the Middle East in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks by Hamas against NATO partner Israel. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant will brief NATO Allies on Israel’s response.
❝Your fight is our fight. Your security is our security and your values are our values. We will stand by Ukraine for as long as it takes.❞
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg previewed the issues that NATO Defence Ministers will discuss over the next two days in Brussels, including support for Ukraine, strengthened deterrence and defence, NATO operations and missions, and the situation in the Middle East. He was joined by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy who is at NATO Headquarters to take part in the US-led Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting, alongside more than 50 countries
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Comment from Martin Vrecko on LinkedIn:
For the first 8 years of the war, NATO and most of Europe pretended that the Russian attack on Ukraine had nothing to do with our security. In 2022, when Russia escalated the war and it seemed likely that it would occupy Ukraine and attack other European countries, Europe finally started to contribute to the common defence, by providing weapons and funds. Now that Russia is stuck in Ukraine, many European countries are complacent again, freeloading on the effort of Ukrainians and the contributions of other partners. How much have France, Italy, Spain… contributed so far? And NATO has failed completely. All weapons shipments are on a country-to-country basis. What kind of common defence is this? Russia is the only military threat to Europe.
Serbia must surrender Kosovo and RuSSia must retreat from Donbas. But the international community is suffering from corruption and won’t bring up any results.
…and the Crimea…:)
Slava Ukraini, the ruzzians cannot have any of Ukraine.
🙂
The frogs aren’t even on the chart at the bottom of the article. It’s not the Grand Nation anymore, it’s a sorry-ass nation.
And Meloni, despite her vocal support, has not delivered anything remotely comparable to the size of their economy and military.
Yes, after a good start, she sort of just fizzled out, like a firecracker that just shoots sparks instead of exploding. I don’t know what happened there. I often wish that some mafia missiles would strike those countries. Maybe they need something to wake them up to reality. This is a European war, after all, and not in far-away Asia or Africa.
Why do world leaders keeping towing this “for as long as it takes” line?🙄
Because Biden said it and they figure its the safest position behind the USA.
Ugh