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Joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the President of Czechia, Petr Pavel21 May. 2025 % of GDP on defence, and I welcome the commitment you have already made to increase defence spending to 3% in the coming years. Czechia's contributions to NATO's deterrence and defence are highly valued. You contribute to NATO's forward land forces | Opinion |
NATO Secretary General commends Czechia’s commitment to a stronger, fairer and more lethal Alliance21 May. 2025 . The Secretary General praised Czechia as a strong and reliable Ally, highlighting its defence investment and support to Ukraine. “You spend more than 2% of GDP on defence, and I welcome the commitment you’ve already made to increase defence spending to 3 | News |
NATO Secretary General meets with Dutch Prime Minister21 May. 2025 On Wednesday (21 May 2025), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof to NATO Headquarters. The leaders held productive discussions on boosting defence spending, support for Ukraine and the upcoming NATO | News |
Doorstep statement by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council20 May. 2025 territory. That is, of course, the ongoing threat of Russia, the build-up in China, the military build-up, but also terrorism. So that means we will, no doubt, discuss today, ramping up defence spending, ramping up defence production, but also what we | Opinion |
Secretary General calls for stronger NATO-EU cooperation to strengthen deterrence and defence20 May. 2025 . Mr Rutte underlined the need to ramp up defence spending and production, and “to make sure that Ukraine has what it needs to bring this war to a lasting and durable end | News |
NATO Secretary General meets the Prime Minister of the Netherlands19 May. 2025 21 May. 2025 On Wednesday (21 May 2025), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof to NATO Headquarters. The leaders held productive discussions on boosting defence | Pressrelease |
NATO Deputy Secretary General visits Estonia16 May. 2025 outlined NATO’s priorities for the upcoming Summit in The Hague. She discussed the ways to strengthen deterrence and defence in the face of global security challenges, emphasising the importance of increasing defence spending and defence production. She | News |
Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with the Foreign Minister of Türkiye, Hakan Fidan at the Informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Antalya15 May. 2025 to the Summit in the Hague. We need to discuss how to make sure that NATO will be stronger. That means more defence spending; that means more defence industrial production. But also how to make sure that NATO is fair, that we equally distribute the burden | Opinion |
Remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio at the Informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Antalya15 May. 2025 ramping up defence spending in Canada and Europe, nations are committed to that. We will have a debate on all the details. But this is really important because we have the ongoing Russian threat, we have the Chinese build up massively | Opinion |
Doorstep statement by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the Informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Antalya15 May. 2025 to make sure that we spend enough money all over NATO to keep ourselves safe. And not only spend the money, but also making sure that we are, have all the enablers in place to make sure that we indeed have the defences we need. We will also discuss | Opinion |
