6 hours agoNATO warns in Brussels, Rutte: Prepare for War
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Secretary - General NATO, Mark Rutte, has indicated from Brussels the necessity for countries of the north-Atlantic alliance to increase defence spending. Rutte stressed that NATO should be prepared for war only in this way will know how to protect itself from hostile countries “This will be an important meeting [...]
Rutte stressed that NATO should prepare for war only in this way will know how to protect itself from hostile countries
This will be an important meeting of defence ministers. It is the last major meeting before The Hague summit, but today it is a key meeting as we decide on the goals. This is an important element to decide about the money we will spend in the coming years on defence.
So I'm very excited about today's meeting. My prediction is we're going to agree on these skills targets. Of course, we will discuss many other issues, but this is a key element to ensure that later in The Hague we will have a commitment for more expenses, for more production, of course, for our support to Ukraine.
So what we're going to do today is decide what we can do in order to be able, whenever we attack, protect ourselves and be able to protect ourselves from being attacked. So, as you know, to prepare for war, to spend more and when you can be ready to fight you will not attack”, Rutte said. /Periscope/
