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Joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kristen Michal22 Oct. 2024 , and your efforts to further improve readiness. By spending over 3% of your GDP on defence, Estonia is truly leading by example. And I know you intend to invest even more in our shared security in the coming years. Investing more is something | Opinion |
Remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III17 Oct. 2024 , even if you would not figure in the US numbers, it is at 2% and we all know, and I know you agree with this, we have to increase defence spending. That will be debated tomorrow and probably in some of the meetings following after this one, and of course | Opinion |
Secretary General welcomes Sweden’s plans to boost defence spending16 Oct. 2024 defence spending 16 Oct. 2024 - | Last updated: 16 Oct. 2024 14:59 | News |
Pre-ministerial press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels on 17 and 18 October16 Oct. 2024 of our forces. In other words, there cannot be strong defence without strong defence industry. Achieving this requires increased defence spending, Firm orders, And they have to be long term. I am engaging with Allies, and have spoken | Opinion |
Joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the Prime Minister of Latvia, Evika Silina16 Oct. 2024 . Latvia is leading by example with your commitment to increase defence spending to 3 percent of GDP by 2027, though I understand you’ll reach the goal even sooner than expected. We also discussed Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. Russia | Opinion |
Secretary General praises Latvia for its contributions to NATO16 Oct. 2024 . Mr. Rutte praised Latvia for its many contributions to the Alliance. “You spend almost 3 percent of GDP on defence, you host a multinational battlegroup where Allies work side by side to defend NATO's eastern flank, as well as military exercises | News |
Joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson16 Oct. 2024 fighting jets. Sweden spends more than 2% of GDP on defence, and I welcome that you plan to further boost your defence spending in 2025, I believe even towards 2.6%. Last week, the Swedish government presented a bill to the Riksdag proposing further | Opinion |
NATO Secretary General meets the Prime Minister of Sweden14 Oct. 2024 Newsroom Secretary General welcomes Sweden’s plans to boost defence spending | Pressrelease |
Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb08 Oct. 2024 up, with plans to acquire thousands of air defence and artillery systems; Many hundreds of modern aircraft, mostly 5th generation F-35s; As well as substantial high-end capabilities. But to do more, we must spend more. To reach our | Opinion |
Deputy Chair of the NATO Military Committee visits Montenegro07 Oct. 2024 that the country had edged-over the 2% mark of GDP investment in defence spending. Earlier this year, Montenegro had committed to meet this baseline until the end of 2024. Lieutenant General Rohling praised the increase in defence investment and reflected | News |
