“The NATO-Ukraine Joint Center for Analysis, Training and Education in Bydgoszcz, Poland, will allow Ukraine to share lessons learned from the war with Russia, the alliance’s head Jens Stoltenberg said after a meeting of the NATO Defense Ministers in Brussels. .
Today we decided to establish a new NATO-Ukraine Joint Center for Analysis, Training and Education in Bydgoszcz, Poland
– Stoltenberg said.
He added that it will allow Ukraine to share the lessons learned from the war with Russia.
It will also create a structure in which Ukrainian armed forces can learn and train alongside their allied counterparts. We will continue to stand with Ukraine, for Ukraine’s security and our security
– added.
Record support for NATO
At the conference that followed the meeting of NATO defense ministers, the head of the alliance said he expected “the United States will remain a loyal member of NATO for at least three reasons.”
First, it is in the interest of the national security of the United States to have a strong NATO. Second, there is indeed broad bipartisan support for the Alliance in the United States. And third, the criticism in the United States is not primarily directed at NATO, but at NATO allies who do not spend enough money on NATO.
– Stoltenberg listed at a conference in Brussels.
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He added that the U.S. side has rightly argued for years that European allies and Canada are not spending enough money on defense.
But things have really changed with the increase in defense spending in Canada and Europe
– he said.
He emphasized that according to polls, support for NATO is at a record high, both in America and Europe.
Stoltenberg added that he expects the Alliance’s 18 member states to spend 2% this year. of its GDP on defense. This is a sixfold increase from just three allies in 2014. By 2024, NATO allies in Europe will invest a total of $380 billion in defense.
For the first time it amounts to 2%. their total GDP. We still have a long way to go, but we have already achieved a historic breakthrough
– he said.
There is no military threat to the Alliance
NATO defense ministers also discussed increasing ammunition production in Brussels.
To replenish our supplies and continue to support Ukraine, we must move from the slow pace of peacetime to the rapid production that conflict requires. To do this, manufacturers need signed contracts, and in recent months NATO has signed contracts worth ten billion dollars. This helps Ukraine, makes NATO stronger and creates more highly skilled jobs in Europe and North America
– said Stoltenberg.
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He also said the talks addressed the deteriorating security environment.
We can never take peace for granted. However, we see no direct military threat to the Alliance
– added.
NATO continues to ensure that there is no room in Moscow for misjudgments about our willingness to protect all allies. We are currently conducting Steadfast Defender, the largest NATO exercise in decades, with approximately 90,000 troops from all 31 allies and Sweden. We are testing our ability to quickly move forces across the Alliance to defend our eastern flank
– said the head of the Alliance.
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Source: wPolityce