NATO general secretary, Mark Rutte, said Tuesday that There is no European security without a “strong” transatlantic bond between the old continent and North Americaso he urged to tear down barriers and promote cooperation in the field of the defense industry.
“There is no defense without a strong defense industry, and there is no European security without a strong transatlantic link, so we need to tear down barriers and promote true transatlantic cooperation in defense,” Routte said in a speech pronounced during the organized defense industry forum before the NATO leaders summit that is celebrated between today and Wednesday in The Hague.
“Only Europe and North America together can be up to and face the challenge, and this includes working with Ukraine, an industrial and innovation power,” he added.
The Secretary General of the NATO also concluded the agreement announced yesterday between the United Kingdom and Ukraine To share technology that allows the production and joint development of war drones.
“All this is great, but we need to do more, do it better and do it together. And we need to do it now,” Routte said.
Considered “simply unthinkable” that Russia, “With an economy twenty -five times smaller than that of NATO, we can overcome us in production and weapons.”
“We must spend more to avoid war. We must win this new production war. That is what this summit is about,” he said in reference to theate of The Hague, in which on Wednesday a new military expenditure objective of 5 % of the GDP of each ally country will be agreed on Wednesday, broken down into 3.5 % of pure military spending and another 1.5 % in investment related to defense and security.
Before agreeing on the new goal of Military spending, the defense ministers this month have already agreed the objectivess of military capacities (for example, airplanes or ammunition) that allied countries must comply with their safety and from which the new investment figure in defense derives in principle.
“The allies have agreed to an unprecedented increase in our capacities objectives. We now know exactly what forces, resources and capacities each ally needs to provide,” said Routte.
“This will require a qualitative leap in our collective defense, but we know that when there is will, our world -class industries and businessmen will find the way,” he said.
He stressed that the leaders of the NATO are “about to take a historical step to provide the necessary resources For a strong defense. “
“Now it is up to the industry to give results, give results and give results,” he said.
In any case, he stressed that in the alliance “hundreds of new production lines and expanding existing ones have been opened.”
“Now we are on the way to produce more ships, airplanes and ammunition than in decades,” he said.
He also stressed that allies Today they signed a series of “important multinational projects”and mentioned among them initiatives to better integrate technology into the Armed Forces and another project to ensure the critical raw material supply chain.
On the other hand, NATO indicated in a statement that today an agreement was signed under the auspices of the organization of support and acquisitions of the alliance that allows to strengthen with Australia cooperation in areas such as acquisition, logistics, support for related systems and services.
This will facilitate the participation of Australia in multinational support initiatives and create new opportunities for collaboration in acquisitions and maintenance of defense, according to the transatlantic organization.
