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NATO Deputy Secretary General highlights French support and discusses NATO priorities in Paris07 Mar. 2025 General Shekerinska also expressed gratitude for France’s substantial contributions to NATO’s deterrence and defence, including its deployments to NATO Forces in Romania and Estonia. She welcomed President Macron’s openness to raising defence spending | News |
NATO Secretary General: The transatlantic partnership remains the bedrock of our Alliance06 Mar. 2025 On Thursday (6 March 2025) NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda to NATO headquarters in Brussels. The leaders discussed the security situation, support for Ukraine and the urgent need for Allies to ramp up defence | News |
Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda06 Mar. 2025 in Europe must do more in terms of defence spending – and here, again, Poland is leading the way. We are already seeing movement in the right direction. Last year, defence investment rose by 20% for Europe and Canada. And Allies are actively working | Opinion |
NATO Secretary General meets the President of Poland03 Mar. 2025 and the urgent need for Allies to ramp up defence spending and production in order to meet future challenges. | Pressrelease |
NATO Secretary General attends London Security Summit03 Mar. 2025 strong, Europe will increase defence spending. Following what he described as ‘a very good meeting’, the Secretary General pointed to announcements from Finland and the United Kingdom, as the latest examples of Europe stepping up. He recognised | News |
NATO Secretary General call with President Trump27 Feb. 2025 , starting with the Javelin anti-tank missiles provided in the first Trump Administration. The Secretary General and the President agreed on the importance of Europe and Canada significantly increasing defence spending and defence industrial capacity | News |
Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with the President of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini20 Feb. 2025 is today. The US has made crystal clear its commitment to a strong NATO. This should not be in doubt. And that commitment comes with an expectation that all NATO Allies are contributing their fair share. Defence spending across the Alliance | Opinion |
Speech by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte followed by a Q&A at the Comenius University, in Bratislava20 Feb. 2025 this to prevent conflict and protect our way of life. Two thirds of NATO Allies now spend 2% of their GDP on defence. And it is great that Slovakia is among them. Together we are making progress, but during the Cold War Allies had to spend far north of 3 | Opinion |
NATO Secretary General visits Slovakia20 Feb. 2025 in defending NATO’s eastern flank. He welcomed that Slovakia spends 2% of its GDP on defence and went on to emphasise the importance of further increasing defence spending in order to maintain NATO’s ability to deter and defend into the future. On Ukraine | News |
North Atlantic Council meets members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly18 Feb. 2025 defence spending and defence production. He also urged them to continue to advocate for robust support for Ukraine, to ensure that Ukraine is in a position of strength to secure a lasting peace. Mr Rutte praised the long-standing cooperation between | News |
