In addition, the new strategic concept that will mark the Alliance’s actions for the next decade will be adopted.
Euskaraz irakurri: Martxan da NATOren goi bilera, Sweden and Finlandren atxikimendua gauzatzear dela
This Wednesday officially begins the NATO summit that will approve the new strategic concept that will mark the Alliance’s actions for the next decade and with the accession of Sweden and Finland approaching after Turkey vetoed this Tuesday.
At 08:15 am, the arrival in Ifema of the heads of state and government of the allied countries is scheduled to be greeted individually by the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, before everyone poses for the official photo.
It will be the start of a summit described by allied leaders and by NATO leaders as “historic” and “crucial” since, in addition to the adoption of the roadmap for the next decade, the agreement between Turkey , Sweden and Finland are paving the way for these two traditionally neutral countries to join the Alliance.
The first meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of the heads of state or government will take place at 10:30 am and will be opened with a few words from the Chief Executive, Pedro Sánchez, and Stoltenberg, who will appear on a press later. conference.
In the afternoon, there will be a round table of female foreign and defense ministers of the allied countries, inaugurated by the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Women, Peace and Security and in which the Spanish defense minister, Margarita Robles, will intervene.
Agreement between Sánchez and Biden
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, and that of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, agreed yesterday to increase the US military presence at the Rota Naval Base (Cádiz) by sending two more destroyers as part of the NATO missile defense shield, that will be added to the four installed there since 2014 and 2015.
This was evident from the joint statement signed between the two countries after Biden and Sánchez’s bilateral meeting at the Palacio de la Moncloa, ahead of the start of the summit.
Biden recalled the 40th anniversary of Spain’s accession to NATO, making it “an indispensable ally”.
This increase in US military capabilities in Spain – which will increase US troops in Rota by some 600 – will force a reform of the cooperation agreement, which will have to go through the Council of Ministers and be approved by the Congress of Deputies. .
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Source: EITB
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