NATO Secretary General remarks at the 🇺🇸 White House, 17 JUN 2024

Remarks by NATO Secretary General following a meeting with President of the United States Joe Biden, 17 JUN 2024.
🗣 | NATO Secretary General:
Secretary General
Good afternoon. I just had a good meeting with President Biden, we discussed the upcoming NATO Summit here in Washington next month, where we will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the most successful Alliance in history, NATO. But also where we take important decisions for the future. Not least on defense spending, and I shared with the president the new numbers we have, showing that this year, 23 allies will spend 2% of GDP or more on defense, which is twice as much as just four years ago and demonstrates that more and more Allies are now really stepping up and investing more in our security. We will also make important decisions on Ukraine. I expect NATO to take a lead role in providing security assistance and training and also that Allies will commit more military and financial support to Ukraine. So, I look forward to return to Washington to attend the NATO Summit and to celebrate NATO here in Washington DC next month.
Question: [inaudible] Package on Ukraine, what is it about, what do you expect?
Secretary General
Well, I expect that when the Heads of State and Government convened here in Washington next month, in actually a few weeks’ time, that we will agree that NATO will take on a lead role in providing security assistance and training. I expect that this will be led by a three-star general, it will be to provide the logistics, the support to set up the capabilities that Ukraine needs. It will most likely be located in Wiesbaden, Germany at the US facility there and it will be several 100 personnel to organize and facilitate the security assistance for Ukraine. This is important because it will provide more predictability, more accountability when it comes to our support to Ukraine. And it also reduces the burden on the United States. I welcome of course the decision by the US Congress to allocate 60 billion extra US dollars for Ukraine. But I also welcome the fact that actually European Allies and Canada are matching what the US is doing. And by giving NATO a bigger role, we will ensure that the burden of the United States is reduced and that we have more long-term support for Ukraine.
Question: Is there any concern that using the funding from Russia's funding as well as expanding into allowing weapons to go into the country is really concerned that that is pushing Russia to do things that they probably normally wouldn't do and what's our response to the request for peace from Russia itself?
Secretary General
First of all, I welcome the decision by the G7 countries, the NATO Allies to use the demobilised Russian funds to finance a loan to Ukraine to help them to get more financial support from the West to ensure that they can stand up against the Russian aggression.
Second, I welcome the peace summit that took place in Switzerland over the weekend. This demonstrates there is broad in national support for Ukraine. But we also know that what happens around the negotiating table is inextricably linked to the situation on the battlefield. And as long as President Putin believes that they can win on the battlefield that they can wait us out, there will be no lasting peace in Ukraine. So if you want a peace in Ukraine, the best way of achieving that is to strengthen Ukraine, its military capabilities, so they can negotiate from a position of strength and ensure that Ukraine prevails and survive as a sovereign independent nation.
Transcript continues: www.nato.int/c...
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
SUBSCRIBE to this channel bit.ly/NATOsub...
SUBSCRIBE to NATO News bit.ly/NATONew...
SUBSCRIBE to NATO History bit.ly/NATOHis...
Connect with NATO online:
Visit the Official NATO Homepage: bit.ly/NATOhom...
Receive NATO updates via email: bit.ly/NATOemails
Find NATO on FACEBOOK: bit.ly/NATOfac...
Follow @NATO on X/TWITTER: bit.ly/NATOtwi...
Follow NATO on Instagram: bit.ly/NATOins...
Find NATO on LinkedIn: bit.ly/NATOlin...
Find NATO on Flickr: bit.ly/NATOflickr
#NATO #OTAN #USA

[@ivankavolkova2714]

Jens Stoltenberg, thank you 🙏🏻🇺🇦

[@camrenwick]

As an old veteran, I'm grateful for NATO, This alliance has kept us safe for 75 years and is our best defence

[@Scrapper.]

Secretary General Stoltenberg speaks softly, but carries an enormous club to smite the enemy if needs be. NATO is about securing the peace by deterrence. Respect from Ireland.

[@collinbillingsley9798]

THANK YOU NATO FOR IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL LAW OF SOVEREIGN POLICY ON INTEGRITY OF TERRITORIAL BORDERS! SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇸🇺🇦

[@kristofferkellinsalmi]

Thank you Jens Stoltenberg for your great effort for holding European countries allied at this difficult times! 👏🏻
We want Jens Stoltenberg to extend his term for another 10 years as NATO Secretary General. ☑

[@gob8399]

You are not "we".

[@MTMF.london]

I think Mark Rutte of Netherlands will take over as NATO Secretary General after the 75th Anniversary Summit in Washington next month.

[@nexhatimeray195]

God bless you and NATO 🇺🇸🇦🇱🇽🇰

[@juliustome2419]

Stay Strong NATO

[@steliansilivestru3714]

Jens S. Thanks

[@deecee1522]

SLAVA UKRAINI❤‍🔥

[@emolebertrand]

Good 👍👍

[@stevecharbonneau4134]

👏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇦

[@emergencybroadcastsystem-c2z]

So you were asked some good questions there. you answer like you have no idea. you just sound like a salesman what is your cut..

[@zoranpetrovic2730]

mony mony mony

[@jamesmunyaneza2494]

🇺🇲

[@Summer-o7j]

Send some troops as well OTAN

[@hauer54]

It should be demanded from China that they compensate for their indirect involvement in the Russia Ukraine conflict!

[@TanJenWee]

If we have peace and no fighting everywhere we don't have to spend so much money on war. Give peach a chance not MIC.

[@havardhaarstadstrand7711]

Tell this to the ruzzian war criminals. NOTO secure our freedom and our peace ❤

[@marco_0599]

You seem to have missed the point of NATO which IS to keep the peace as there will always be aggressors who wish to attack and invade your country if you have something better than they have. Imagine how many wars there would have been without NATO!

[@marviwilson1853]

If someone came into your house and said from now on the kitchen, back bedroom and living room are now mine would you say "Ok, no problem, give peace a chance"?

[@Nick-um3fj]

There is an alternative way to bring peace. In return for the $50 B, Ukraine could give a show of their trust to NATO by sharing ownership of the lands that Russia wants. Thick would take pressure off of Ukraine and show the World how Expert NATO is at bringing peace. NATO would have the additional gift of then being in a centralised physical position in the East also.

[@MTMF.london]

You're not making sense. Their land is their own - they are not selling it for 50Billion or any amount to anyone. The money is a loan to prop up Ukraine's economy and to repair infrastructure that has been extensively damaged by Russian missiles.

[@marviwilson1853]

If someone broke into your house and said the kitchen and back bedroom were now there's would you take the same approach?

[@donareisya2286]

🌹

[@BenjaminOthuke-d1k]

NATO TWO Braid

[@youngsimba9988]

NATO is basically fighting Russia low key

[@Michele-ff1wh]

Zero USA$ or anything else.

[@Ms2blackcats]

Good show see you soon!

[@AmandaDowning-s9r]

The 🧜‍♀️ mermaids can ride a dingy out to sea and dont dock ship in my port again.