NATO Secretary General pre-ministerial press conference at Defence Ministers Meeting, 14 FEB 2024
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Pre-ministerial press conference by NATO
Pre-ministerial press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the meetings of NATO Ministers of Defence, 14 February 2024.
Previewing this week's meetings of Defence Ministers, Mr Stoltenberg announced that since the Defence Investment Pledge was made in 2014, European Allies and Canada have added more than $600 billion for defence. In 2023, we saw a real increase of 11% in defence spending across European Allies and Canada, which the Secretary General called an “unprecedented rise”. He added that he expects 18 Allies to spend 2% of GDP on defence in 2024 – a six-fold increase since 2014, when only three Allies met the target.
“In 2024, NATO Allies in Europe will invest a combined total of 380 billion US dollars in defence. For the first time, this amounts to 2% of their combined GDP," said Mr Stoltenberg. He added: “we are making real progress: European Allies are spending more. However, some Allies still have a ways to go. Because we agreed at the Vilnius Summit that all Allies should invest 2%, and that 2% is a minimum.”
In 2014, NATO Allies in Europe invested 1.47% of their collective GDP in defence. That figure has risen steadily over a decade, and will reach 2% in 2024.
🗣 | NATO Secretary General:
Good morning.
Defence Ministers will meet tomorrow as we prepare for the NATO Summit in Washington in July.
At last year’s summit in Vilnius, we took major decisions to further strengthen our deterrence and defence.
Now we are putting these plans into action.
This requires investing more.
And we are making real progress.
Today, I can announce our latest figures.
Since the Investment Pledge was made in 2014, European Allies and Canada have added more than 600 billion US dollars for defence.
Last year saw an unprecedented rise of 11% across European Allies and Canada.
This year, I expect 18 Allies to spend 2% of their GDP on defence.
That is another record number.
And a six-fold increase from 2014, when only 3 Allies met the target.
In 2024, NATO Allies in Europe will invest a combined total of 380 billion US dollars in defence.
For the first time, this amounts to 2% of their combined GDP.
So we are making real progress.
European Allies are spending more.
However, some Allies still have a way to go.
Because we agreed at the Vilnius Summit that all Allies should invest 2%.
And that 2% is a minimum.
At the ministerial, we will also discuss further ramping up production of ammunition.
In the past few months, NATO has agreed contracts worth ten billion dollars.
And just this week, Germany launched construction for a new ammunition factory in lower Saxony.
At full capacity, it will produce around 200,000 artillery shells per year.
We will also review progress in fully resourcing our new defence plans.
Right now, we are testing these plans through exercise Steadfast Defender:
the largest NATO exercise in decades.
With approximately 90,000 forces from all 31 Allies and Sweden.
This is a clear demonstration of our capabilities.
We can never take peace for granted.
But there is no imminent military threat against any NATO Ally.
NATO will continue to ensure that there is no room for miscalculation in Moscow about our readiness and resolve to protect all Allies.
This week, we will also hold a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council,
And a virtual meeting of the US-led Ukraine Defence Contact Group.
Both of these meetings will focus on our support.
We continue to help Ukraine move closer to NATO standards on everything from procurement to logistics.
And Allies continue to make major deliveries of weapons, equipment, and ammunition.
This support makes a real difference.
With our help, the brave Ukrainians have retaken half of the territory that Russia seized,
Opened a corridor in the Black Sea,
And are inflicting heavy losses on Russian forces.
NATO’s support is an example of true transatlantic burden sharing.
I welcome the recent decision by the European Union on a major new package of aid.
And I count on US Congress to follow soon.
This is not charity.
It is an investment in our own security.
With that, I am ready to take your questions.
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Previewing this week's meetings of Defence Ministers, Mr Stoltenberg announced that since the Defence Investment Pledge was made in 2014, European Allies and Canada have added more than $600 billion for defence. In 2023, we saw a real increase of 11% in defence spending across European Allies and Canada, which the Secretary General called an “unprecedented rise”. He added that he expects 18 Allies to spend 2% of GDP on defence in 2024 – a six-fold increase since 2014, when only three Allies met the target.
“In 2024, NATO Allies in Europe will invest a combined total of 380 billion US dollars in defence. For the first time, this amounts to 2% of their combined GDP," said Mr Stoltenberg. He added: “we are making real progress: European Allies are spending more. However, some Allies still have a ways to go. Because we agreed at the Vilnius Summit that all Allies should invest 2%, and that 2% is a minimum.”
In 2014, NATO Allies in Europe invested 1.47% of their collective GDP in defence. That figure has risen steadily over a decade, and will reach 2% in 2024.
🗣 | NATO Secretary General:
Good morning.
Defence Ministers will meet tomorrow as we prepare for the NATO Summit in Washington in July.
At last year’s summit in Vilnius, we took major decisions to further strengthen our deterrence and defence.
Now we are putting these plans into action.
This requires investing more.
And we are making real progress.
Today, I can announce our latest figures.
Since the Investment Pledge was made in 2014, European Allies and Canada have added more than 600 billion US dollars for defence.
Last year saw an unprecedented rise of 11% across European Allies and Canada.
This year, I expect 18 Allies to spend 2% of their GDP on defence.
That is another record number.
And a six-fold increase from 2014, when only 3 Allies met the target.
In 2024, NATO Allies in Europe will invest a combined total of 380 billion US dollars in defence.
For the first time, this amounts to 2% of their combined GDP.
So we are making real progress.
European Allies are spending more.
However, some Allies still have a way to go.
Because we agreed at the Vilnius Summit that all Allies should invest 2%.
And that 2% is a minimum.
At the ministerial, we will also discuss further ramping up production of ammunition.
In the past few months, NATO has agreed contracts worth ten billion dollars.
And just this week, Germany launched construction for a new ammunition factory in lower Saxony.
At full capacity, it will produce around 200,000 artillery shells per year.
We will also review progress in fully resourcing our new defence plans.
Right now, we are testing these plans through exercise Steadfast Defender:
the largest NATO exercise in decades.
With approximately 90,000 forces from all 31 Allies and Sweden.
This is a clear demonstration of our capabilities.
We can never take peace for granted.
But there is no imminent military threat against any NATO Ally.
NATO will continue to ensure that there is no room for miscalculation in Moscow about our readiness and resolve to protect all Allies.
This week, we will also hold a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council,
And a virtual meeting of the US-led Ukraine Defence Contact Group.
Both of these meetings will focus on our support.
We continue to help Ukraine move closer to NATO standards on everything from procurement to logistics.
And Allies continue to make major deliveries of weapons, equipment, and ammunition.
This support makes a real difference.
With our help, the brave Ukrainians have retaken half of the territory that Russia seized,
Opened a corridor in the Black Sea,
And are inflicting heavy losses on Russian forces.
NATO’s support is an example of true transatlantic burden sharing.
I welcome the recent decision by the European Union on a major new package of aid.
And I count on US Congress to follow soon.
This is not charity.
It is an investment in our own security.
With that, I am ready to take your questions.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
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Visit the Official NATO Homepage: https://bit.ly/NATOhomepage
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Follow @NATO on TWITTER: https://bit.ly/NATOtwitter
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