“Collective defence is NATO’s most important task – to ensure it, NATO must adapt to an increasingly complex security environment. It is in our interest to reaffirm the alliance’s unity and to ensure that the allies have a similar understanding of the threats that the alliance faces. Russia continues to be the biggest threat to the alliance. NATO must continue to strengthen its deterrence and defence stance, and to do this, both resources and new decisions are required,” noted Prime Minister Kaja Kallas ahead of the summit.
Allies gather to discuss issues related to NATO’s future developments – the NATO 2030 process and the modernisation of NATO’s Strategic Concept; the discussion has been initiated by the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg. “Terrorism is still a real threat, we must remain vigilant regarding China’s behaviour, and also agree on how to deal with the challenges posed by emerging technologies. How to better deal with all those issues, together as an alliance, is also the key theme for the NATO2030 process and the next Strategic Concept of NATO,” added Kallas.
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas will also speak at the “NATO2030 at Brussels Forum” that is dedicated to the future of NATO as part of the NATO Summit. She will address a panel on transatlantic cooperation together with the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.
Additional information:
Kersti Luha
+372 511 3893
kersti.luha@riigikantselei.ee
The Forum can be followed here: https://brusselsforum.org/ and on the YouTube and Facebook channels of NATO
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