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NATO Secretary General press conference at Defence Ministers Meeting, 18 OCT 2024

Press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte following the second day of the meetings of NATO Defence Ministers at NATO HQ, in Brussels, Belgium, 18 October 2024. 🗣 | NATO Secretary General: Good afternoon. We are a little bit late, so thank you for waiting. Today we concluded two busy days of meetings with NATO Defence Ministers and our close partners. Strengthening our deterrence and defence is this Alliance’s top priority. Because keeping our one billion people safe is NATO’s most sacred duty. And that is why we are ramping up our defence industrial capacity. Strengthening our supply chains. Investing in new defence capabilities And harnessing new technologies. We are manufacturing new ships, combat vehicles and jets. And producing more ammunition and artillery. But with supply chains increasingly vulnerable to compromise, We must become more self-sufficient. So that we remain ready and able to respond to threats across all domains at all times. Today, Allied Defence Ministers have agreed a new NATO initiative on standardisation. Standards are critical to our ability to fight together, and more robust standards will help reduce defence costs. As part of this initiative, we will be speeding up the development of NATO standards, enhancing their implementation rate, and expanding their scope to include new innovative military capabilities. We must make the most of our unique ability to act together, all 32 of us, Because that is what gives our Alliance strength beyond the sum of its parts. We will have more to say on this at the February defence ministerial. *** Allies agreed that air and missile defence remains an Alliance priority. This is all the more important given Russia’s war against Ukraine, which has resulted in multiple NATO airspace violations. Including just yesterday in Romania. Let me express NATO’s solidarity with Romania and also command the Romanian authorities and SACEUR for the quick and effective response to this incident. We will continue to increase surveillance, exchange information, And coordinate individual and collective responses. We have also recently significantly increased our presence on NATO’s eastern flank, and strengthened NATO’s air policing mission. Allies plan to acquire thousands of air defence and artillery systems and many hundreds of modern combat aircraft, mostly 5th generation F-35s. Allies are buying 1,000 Patriot missiles to refill their stocks. Earlier this month, air, maritime and land forces from 12 Allied Nations gathered in Greece to exercise sophisticated high-end air defence tactics as part of NATO’s new exercise, Ramstein Flag 24. And the new Aegis Ashore missile defence base in Poland boosts our ability to defend against the growing global threat of ballistic missiles. *** Russia remains the most significant and direct threat to the security of the Allies. And Putin is resorting to increasingly irresponsible rhetoric. Moscow may be loud but NATO is strong. In a more uncertain world, it is vital that we continue to modernize our capabilities, and exercise together to keep our conventional and nuclear forces strong. Just this Monday, NATO’s annual nuclear exercise ‘Steadfast Noon’ began, with more than 60 aircraft taking part in training flights. These are routine, recurrent exercises, far from Russia’s borders that do not involve live weapons. The fundamental purpose of NATO’s nuclear capability is to preserve peace, prevent coercion and deter aggression. *** Today, at the meeting, we also discussed NATO’s operations in the Western Balkans and Iraq. In Kosovo, Allies continue to work together to ensure our KFOR mission has the forces and resources it needs to maintain a safe and secure environment for all. In the Middle East, NATO Mission Iraq continues to be an important contributor to stability. To ensure the Iraqi security forces are able to fight terrorist groups and provide a safe environment for Iraq’s economy and society to prosper. NATO is also deepening its political dialogue with Iraq. Because we have a shared interest in stable, secure and prosperous Middle East. Transcript continues: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/op... ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 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 #DefMin