8주차｜안보·국방·지정학 + 문화·미디어_김현서

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Pre-ministerial press conferenceby NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the meetings of NATO Ministers of Defence

Background : NATO 국방장관 회의를 앞두고 열린 마르크 뤼터(Mark Rutte) NATO 사무총장 기자회견

1.             NATO Defence Ministers : 나토 국방장관

2.             Summit in Ankara : 앙카라 정상회담 (나토 회원국 정상 및 각국 정부 수반 간 회의, 2026년 7월 개최 예정)

3.             Summit in The Hague : 헤이그 정상회담

4.             NATO Command Structure : 나토 사령부 구조

5.             Senior officer roles : 고위 장교직

Thank you so much, and welcome. Good afternoon.

Tomorrow indeed, NATO Defence Ministers will meet here at NATO Headquarters as we prepare for the Summit in Ankara which is now less than five months from now.

When leaders gather in Türkiye in July, we will build on the historic decisions made at the Summit in The Hague last year.

It was there that Allies agreed to ensure that NATO is a stronger, fairer Alliance - including by increasing defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 and substantially boosting our defence industries.

Tomorrow, I look forward to hearing from Ministers on how Allies are implementing these decisions; how each is delivering to ensure our common security.

Investment is up by tens of billions. Take Germany for example. Germany, by 2029, will spend 152 billion euros on defence. That is more than double what they were spending in 2021.  So, in eight years, they will double their defence spending, going up to 152 billion euros. Just one example – of course a very big Ally – but still one example from many.

We will talk, of course, tomorrow about how Allies are planning further increases to their defence spending ensuring that there is a credible path to our common goal.

As Allies invest more, it is crucial that the capabilities we need are available to buy. So we are building our defence industrial base. We need to produce more. This means more air defence, more ammunition, and stronger supply chains across the Alliance. We need to move faster – adopting new technologies, accelerating procurement, and ensuring our defence industry can deliver at speed and can deliver at scale.

We need this on both sides of the Atlantic, and we need to work together across the Atlantic. And yes, we are seeing progress.

We are also seeing progress when it comes to sharing responsibility for leadership in our NATO Command Structure. Just last week, Allies agreed a new distribution of senior officer roles, with European Allies taking on greater responsibility – including the newest NATO members. And this is good news, we are doing this together. Re-distributing roles in ways that make sense for all involved.

Tomorrow we will also discuss our support for Ukraine. I was there last week and saw the impact of Russia’s relentless attacks, including on critical civilian infrastructure, and once again, President Putin is trying to break the people of Ukraine, hoping to weaken their resolve.