NATO Secretary General with the President of Latvia 🇱🇻 Edgars Rinkēvičs, 14 NOV 2024 скачать в хорошем качестве

NATO Secretary General with the President of Latvia 🇱🇻 Edgars Rinkēvičs, 14 NOV 2024

Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the President of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, at the Ādaži Military Base, Latvia, 14 November 2024. 🗣 | NATO Secretary General: President Rinkēvičs, dear Edgars, It is a great honour to be here with you at Ādaži, and a privilege to see the troops who defend Latvia and our Alliance. Our collective strength transcends borders and crosses oceans. There are boots on the ground from North America, with Canada leading this NATO multinational brigade. And as we know, more than 12 nations from across Europe are by their side. From the High North, to the Western Balkans. From the North Atlantic coast, to the Baltic Sea. Europe and North America together. All for one, and one for all. I welcome that the [brigade] in Ādaži has increased to around 3,000 soldiers. Because more NATO means more security for all of us. I was impressed to see the troops in action in the first brigade-level exercise today, Resolute Warrior. Exercises are how NATO keeps ready for anything. They give our forces experience of working together. And we could see this now in real-life action. It will make us more prepared to deter any aggression. And demonstrate our ability to defend all Allies. Dear Edgars, I want to thank Latvia for hosting this [brigade] and also for today’s exercise. Latvia leads by example. You are, as you said, spending more than 3% of GDP on defence. You are planning to do even more next year. But we need more defence spending and we need increased defence production across the Alliance. To have the right forces, but also to have the right capabilities to keep our people safe. I also welcome Latvia’s steadfast support for Ukraine. With military equipment, ammunition and with training. Ukraine is in urgent need of our help. Putin will use winter as a weapon. He will try to destroy Ukraine’s power system. So we all must boost up our support for Ukraine, including with air and missile defences to protect critical infrastructure. Our support for Ukraine is the right thing to do. To help them prevail as an independent and sovereign nation. It is also the right thing to do for our own security. Latvia can always count on NATO, and I know NATO can always count on Latvia. Thank you very much. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ SUBSCRIBE to this channel https://bit.ly/NATOsubscribe SUBSCRIBE to NATO News https://bit.ly/NATONewsSubscribe SUBSCRIBE to NATO History https://bit.ly/NATOHistorySubscribe Connect with NATO online: Visit the Official NATO Homepage: https://bit.ly/NATOhomepage Receive NATO updates via email: https://bit.ly/NATOemails Find NATO on FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/NATOfacebook Follow @NATO on X/TWITTER: https://bit.ly/NATOtwitter Follow NATO on Instagram: https://bit.ly/NATOinstagram Find NATO on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NATOlinkedin Find NATO on Flickr: https://bit.ly/NATOflickr #NATO #OTAN #Latvia