News
| Date | Title | |
| 12 Feb. 2025 |  |
NATO Defence Ministers to address defence spending, industrial capacity, support to Ukraine Defence Ministers will meet in Brussels tomorrow (13 February 2025) to begin preparations for the NATO Summit in The Hague in June. |
| 18 Dec. 2024 |  |
NATO Secretary General commends Lithuania for defence production, support to Ukraine NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda to NATO Headquarters on Wednesday (18 December 2024), to discuss NATO’s deterrence and defence and support to Ukraine. |
| 17 Dec. 2024 |  | Allies agreed NATO’s common-funded budgets for 2025 at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council on Tuesday (17 December 2024). These budgets enable a range of NATO structures and activities, from ensuring a well-functioning command structure and improving interoperability and readiness to supporting cooperation with partners and more. |
| 12 Dec. 2024 |  | In his first major speech as NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte highlighted the critical need to ramp up defence spending and defence production in an increasingly turbulent security environment. Speaking at an event hosted by Carnegie Europe in Brussels on Thursday (12 December 2024), Mr Rutte called on Allies to “shift to a wartime mindset and turbo charge our defence production and defence spending.” |
| 13 Nov. 2024 |  |
NATO Secretary General visits Warsaw, commends Poland for defence spending and support to Ukraine NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw on Wednesday (13 November 2024). Mr Rutte praised Poland’s role as a key security provider on NATO’s eastern flank, highlighting its leadership in defence spending among Allies. |
| 23 Oct. 2024 |  |
In Estonia NATO Secretary General visits a multinational battlegroup protecting the Eastern Flank During his first trip to the Eastern Flank of the Alliance since taking office, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with Estonian President Alar Karis, Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, and visited Allied troops at Tapa Army Base. |
| 16 Oct. 2024 |  |
Secretary General welcomes Sweden’s plans to boost defence spending On Wednesday (October 16), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson met at NATO Headquarters in Brussels to discuss the strengthening of NATO’s deterrence and defence and NATO’s increased support to Ukraine. |
| 16 Oct. 2024 |  |
Secretary General praises Latvia for its contributions to NATO On Wednesday (16 October 2024), at his official residence in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with the Prime Minister of Latvia, Evika Siliņa, to discuss further strengthening NATO’s defences and NATO’s continued support to Ukraine. |
| 17 Jul. 2024 |  | On Wednesday 17 July, the North Atlantic Council approved the 2025-2029 Common Funding Resource Plan (CFRP). The gravely altered security environment since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has led NATO to reset the strategic direction of the Alliance, and these decisions have direct resource implications for NATO common funding. The 2025-2029 CFRP gives an overview of the common-funded resource demands over the next five years, confirming the medium-term feasibility and affordability of previously endorsed and future common-funded programmes and requirements. |
| 27 Jun. 2024 |  | Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Prime Minister Kaja Kallas of Estonia to NATO headquarters on Thursday (27 June 2024) to discuss final preparations for the Washington Summit, including the provision of further support to Ukraine. |