The new requirement that NATO countries have to spend five percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) for the national defense will be decided on Wednesday at the top of the military alliance. Already on Tuesday NATO secretary Mark Rutte campaigned for a rapid implementation of the guideline before the top starts. The speed with which Russia reorganization is “really breathtaking and scary”.
If you do not prepare for it, you cannot defend yourself in three to five years. As an area in which NATO has to catch up, the Dutch mentioned the capacity for the production of artillery ammunition. The Russians currently produce as many in three months as the entire NATO in one year, although their economy is 25 times smaller, he said. This could not continue in the long term. If you want to prevent war, you must invest.
Against the background, Rutte said that countries such as Italy and Great -Britain had maintained that the year 2035 should be the deadline for the fulfillment of the new NATO target for defense expenditure. Rutte himself was originally presented in 2032.
Ukrainian NATO -TOETING: “Bridge is already being built”
Before the top started, Rutte tried to expel Ukrainian worries before a decrease in the Allied support. During the meeting, important decisions were planned for the country attacked by Russia, the former head of the government said to greet Ukrainian President Wolodyymyr Senskyj at the conference location in The Hague. These buildings about the decisions of the top in Washington last year, where it was stated that the path from Ukraine to NATO membership was irreversible. The bridge there is currently being built, he emphasized.
Senskyj said he was grateful for the invitation and the mention of the Summit resolutions of Washington. It is important that this direction will be preserved. The Ukrainian president therefore pointed to the fact that the perspective of Ukraine is not mentioned for NATO membership of the statement drawn up for the conclusion of this year’s top.
A mention of the Ukrainian ambitions for the accession of the Alliance and the fundamental openness of NATO could not be repeated because of the resistance of US President Donald Trump. He still hopes to put an end to the Russian attack war against Ukraine through concessions to Kremlin Chief Vladimir Putin.
Source: Krone
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