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Speech by the NATO Secretary General at the NATO-Industry Forum, 06 NOV 2025

Speech by the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO-Industry Forum on 6 November 2025. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte participated in the NATO-Industry Forum in Romania, where he spoke on the importance of increased defence production and the value of closer ties with the industry. He also engaged with students at the University of Bucharest. 🗣 | NATO Secretary General: Thank you for that very kind introduction. President Dan, dear Nicușor, Ministers, Excellencies, Ambassadors present here, Admiral Vandier, dear Pierre. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning to you all. And first, let me thank you, President Dan and Romania for hosting us here in Bucharest and for your lovely evening yesterday. And also, a special thanks to Pierre and Tarja and your respective teams at Allied Command Transformation and NATO headquarters for Co-organizing this forum. Thank you so much, and many thanks to all the industry executives for joining us. I'm really pleased to be here. This is such an impressive crowd. I think this is, one of the biggest events in the context of industry and NATO we have ever organized. So, thank you all for being here. You the business and industry executives in this room are the industrial component of our deterrence and defence. And there simply is no strong defence without a strong defence industry. And sometimes it is that simple. Many of you were also in The Hague at the NATO summit and the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum we organized in the context of the summit. I believe the whole Summit in the Hague, including what we organized in the context of industry, was historic. It was successful, and we took important decisions to make NATO much stronger. And the president already mentioned a few of them, because at that occasion, NATO leaders decided to invest 5% of GDP in defence by 2035. 5% and we all know that's serious money, that's serious spending, but it is what we need to stay safe. As part of this, leaders agreed to buy more defence capabilities, including jets, tanks, ships, but also drones, ammunition, cyber and space capabilities. We are now turning these decisions into action, and for this, we need you. Your open dialog between NATO and industry will be essential, as we deliver on these commitments. We are making progress; we would even say we are making good progress. There's more cash on the table, and even more will flow. European Allies and Canada are really stepping up, including Romania indeed, which has plans to increase the score defence spending to 3.5% by 2030. But of course, cash alone can't provide security. We need the capabilities, we need the equipment, real fire power, and of course, the most advanced tech. Because the threats we face are real and lasting. Russia's unprovoked war against Ukraine is the most obvious example of the threat. But the danger posed by Russia will not end when this war does. For the foreseeable future, Russia will remain a destabilizing force in Europe and the world. And Russia is not alone in its efforts to undermine the global rules. As you know it is working with China, with North Korea, with Iran and others. They are increasing their defence industrial collaboration to unprecedented levels. They are preparing for long term confrontation. We cannot be naive. We must be prepared. President Roosevelt famously said that “Powerful enemies must be out-fought and out-produced”. And that was in 1942 and the same can be said today. We call it peace through strength. And NATO will do its part, and we need industry to do yours. I am confident that together, we have what it takes to outgun, out produce and outsmart those that seek to harm or diminish us. To do this well, we should focus on three key drivers, quantity, creativity and cooperation. First on quantity, we already have state of the art systems, the best of the best. These give us an edge, and we will keep it sharp. Which we need more and we need fast, and that means increasing production and shortening delivery times. We are already turning the tide on ammunition. Until recently, Russia was producing more ammunition than all NATO Allies put together. 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 #Romania