WEBVTT 00:07.410 --> 00:13.425 era good afternoon figure a much for your patience the secure 00:13.428 --> 00:18.080 general well stocked with opening got remarks reviewing the ministerial 00:18.161 --> 00:20.910 later this week and then of course he'll be happy to take your 00:20.910 --> 00:26.164 questions suggest good afternoon in their less than the 49 weeks 00:26.164 --> 00:30.848 in we will meet in walsall for all were the summits on the summit 00:30.848 --> 00:35.142 to take supplies sir at the defining moments of four over the 00:35.211 --> 00:40.232 security nature has taken the requester action to protect the 00:40.232 --> 00:45.050 all nations center and the to contribute to choose the stability 00:45.050 --> 00:50.728 in our own neighborhood but the challenges we face ardor ca and 00:50.729 --> 00:56.850 during so we need to be prepared for the long haul over the next 00:56.850 --> 01:01.445 two days a nato defense ministers met ministers will pave on 01:01.481 --> 01:05.701 the waiver of the way for decisions we will take out the warsaw 01:05.910 --> 01:12.200 summit first we will bolster however the terrans on the fence 01:12.200 --> 01:18.220 across the lines against the entrants from any direction in february 01:18.280 --> 01:22.640 we agreed to a two enhanced or four persons in the eastern part 01:22.640 --> 01:28.760 of the earth alliance we are now discussing the size the scope 01:28.820 --> 01:35.330 and the composition all that force based on ma the advice of 01:35.330 --> 01:41.508 our military planners we will agree to deploy by rotation for 01:41.559 --> 01:47.340 robust multi national battalions and the baltic states and in 01:47.340 --> 01:52.767 poland this will send a clear signal that naples the answer they 01:53.040 --> 01:54.939 to the fountain and their allies 01:56.970 --> 02:02.030 but of course our defense either under terence does not rely 02:02.140 --> 02:08.110 on just four battalions these are part of a much bigger shift 02:08.150 --> 02:12.460 in our posture in response to the challenges we face 02:13.710 --> 02:19.220 we have tripled the size of the nato response force to 40000 02:19.220 --> 02:25.720 troops we have her put up a new spearhead force updates or core 02:26.220 --> 02:32.170 around 5000 troops ready to move within days and we have set 02:32.170 --> 02:36.310 up eight new small old headquarters in the eastern part drove 02:36.391 --> 02:42.680 over an alliance to coordinate planning exercises on re. Inforcements 02:43.760 --> 02:48.530 they were also being more pre positioned equipment and. Supplies 02:49.965 --> 02:54.570 altogether this strikes on the right balance between greater 02:54.600 --> 03:00.624 ability to reinforce and to boost that a two hour forward on 03:00.632 --> 03:02.350 to boost our forward. Presence 03:04.870 --> 03:09.550 we have um also taken action to us so that our troops come move 03:09.822 --> 03:15.853 faster across europe for exercises and reinforcement if need 03:15.854 --> 03:19.730 that national governments and parliaments have worked really 03:19.730 --> 03:24.760 hard to update procedures and remove quadrants and young made 03:24.760 --> 03:29.610 significant progress last month the spearhead force conducted 03:29.610 --> 03:35.370 an exercise which showed how far we have some 1000 troops and 03:35.370 --> 03:41.230 400 military vehicles moved from spain to poland within four 03:41.260 --> 03:45.880 days we will continue to work to improve freedom of movement 03:45.910 --> 03:50.530 for all the troops and equipment because when the crisis emerges 03:50.560 --> 03:53.000 speed can make a. France 03:55.130 --> 04:00.282 so we have a bruce stood our forces and increased our speeds 04:01.520 --> 04:07.340 but to sustain this shift we must also spend more on our defense 04:08.430 --> 04:14.570 two years ago our nation's made a pledge to stop the fence cuts 04:15.480 --> 04:20.800 increase defense spending and moved towards our benchmark of 04:20.800 --> 04:25.680 investing to% of g d p in the fans within a. Decade 04:27.459 --> 04:35.130 on the spending front the news is mixed but today we have some 04:35.160 --> 04:36.190 good news 04:37.520 --> 04:44.040 i'm able to share with you our final figures for 2015 island 04:44.040 --> 04:47.200 are estimates for. 2016 04:48.797 --> 04:53.760 after the end of the cold war there was a long decline in defense 04:53.760 --> 04:57.310 spending across european allies and canada 04:58.970 --> 05:05.550 to towson 15 was the first after many years when we saw a small 05:05.580 --> 05:10.550 increase in the fans spending and you can see that from the slot 05:11.746 --> 05:17.030 and our estimates for 2016 show a further. Increase 05:18.490 --> 05:24.900 these are only estimates but they all are and coaching the annual 05:24.930 --> 05:34.645 real change stands at around one point 5% an increase over three 05:34.645 --> 05:37.050 billion us. Dollars 05:38.980 --> 05:44.648 20 allies plan to spend more on defense in the real terms this 05:44.703 --> 05:52.130 year so this is real progress after many years of gong in going 05:52.130 --> 05:56.890 in the wrong direction we are starting to go into the right direction 05:58.560 --> 06:05.388 I will report on this to ministers and up to the summit in washington 06:07.010 --> 06:11.860 but we are still far from where we need to be and we clearly 06:11.860 --> 06:16.795 need to do more both to increase the level of defense spending 06:16.809 --> 06:22.584 towards 2% I am to spend on the priorities we have identified 06:22.585 --> 06:23.960 the austin. Alliance 06:27.030 --> 06:32.010 second we will focus on projecting stability beyond our borders 06:32.500 --> 06:38.558 by supporting our neighbors and partners because a stable neighborhood 06:38.600 --> 06:44.440 will help to keep us safe upper ministerial meeting we will discuss 06:44.440 --> 06:49.560 how we can bandar efforts to strengthen local forces and they 06:49.560 --> 06:54.200 blame them to stabilize their own contests and fight terrorism 06:55.150 --> 07:02.140 for instance in iraq we will also consider providing awacs surveillance 07:02.140 --> 07:06.948 planes to support the global coalition to counter eisele and 07:06.948 --> 07:11.350 we will assess what more nato could do in the wider mediterranean 07:11.380 --> 07:16.590 sea for instance in support of the european union's operation 07:16.621 --> 07:22.157 sofia although corporation is providing effective is as sorted 07:22.210 --> 07:26.251 out operations proving very effective in the aegean when nate 07:26.251 --> 07:30.160 the ship's contribute to cutting the lines of human smuggling 07:31.350 --> 07:36.810 we will discuss the future of a corporation and the cooperation 07:36.870 --> 07:42.320 between nato and the unit pinioning together with a high representative 07:42.458 --> 07:45.930 among getting there and ministers from finland and sweden 07:47.210 --> 07:52.250 projecting stability is equally important in our eastern neighborhood 07:52.670 --> 07:58.124 so we will explore additional assistance for ukraine on georgia 07:59.380 --> 08:05.010 on wednesday we will meet the ukrainian iowa defense ministers 08:05.230 --> 08:10.710 as defence minister in the nato ukraine commission we are concerned 08:10.710 --> 08:15.200 about the security situation amid continued ceasefire violations 08:15.230 --> 08:20.870 in eastern ukraine we will also discuss the pace of ukraine's 08:20.870 --> 08:24.378 reforms on the support provided by nato 08:25.780 --> 08:29.780 so over the next two days we will take a serious or important 08:29.780 --> 08:34.306 decisions to strengthen our collective defense and enhance local 08:34.314 --> 08:38.719 gratian with partners so without them ready to take your questions 08:39.704 --> 08:45.678 were fraught with reuters in the fourth row ex situ general overhead 08:46.130 --> 08:49.680 i'm just back from the baltics were a m spoke with officials 08:49.680 --> 08:53.738 and any they would like to see the air policing and change into 08:53.740 --> 08:57.270 an air defense system arm of acetylcholine at the willing to 08:57.270 --> 08:59.910 do a lot of that on their own but they would like nato support 09:00.300 --> 09:02.050 what's your view on that I. Q 09:05.820 --> 09:13.010 nato conducts strong a air policing in the baltic sea region 09:13.080 --> 09:19.090 already analyze our commitment than to continue to do so on allies 09:19.119 --> 09:25.280 contributes the force's planes two there baltic air policing 09:25.280 --> 09:30.102 and policing an admission that we are constantly assessing and 09:30.128 --> 09:34.290 the requirements for this commission we are constantly assessing 09:34.321 --> 09:39.650 alcohol we can make sure that our presence I in the baltic region 09:39.650 --> 09:45.940 is for us the best possible a presence i'm thad we are also at 09:45.940 --> 09:49.770 this meeting actually going to take decisions which is increasing 09:49.770 --> 09:54.470 our presence in the baltic region with a more forward presence 09:54.470 --> 09:59.730 of nato troops and we will have an error on a robust battalion 09:59.731 --> 10:03.310 multinational collagen in each of the baltic quay or countries 10:03.730 --> 10:07.620 so our nato allies are committed to the air policing mission 10:07.650 --> 10:12.860 we provide the necessary forces capabilities and wilkens constantly 10:12.900 --> 10:16.440 assess and the requirements for the admission into the future 10:17.230 --> 10:22.834 new york times in the third round just behind them behind concord 10:23.920 --> 10:28.019 yes james cantor new york times as secretary general and nato 10:28.030 --> 10:33.790 is of course the defense defensive organisation and so I in light 10:33.790 --> 10:38.360 of what happened in orlando is there anything concrete that nato 10:38.360 --> 10:42.300 can say at this point about what it might do given indications 10:42.300 --> 10:47.020 of a rising threat up from five this form of terrorism thank 10:47.020 --> 10:52.150 you first all our life too 10:53.400 --> 10:59.450 express my condolences on my sympathy to all those who lost their 10:59.585 --> 11:07.090 logan's although through iowa where wounded eye on double selectors 11:07.120 --> 11:12.680 express my support in my sympathy to the l g b t community on 11:12.680 --> 11:17.200 the people of united states I am 11:18.650 --> 11:22.170 I think it's important to underline that terrorism will not change 11:22.300 --> 11:28.350 who we are and we will stand up for our open free societies on 11:28.350 --> 11:34.450 the expected the value switch ship nato is protecting are the 11:34.450 --> 11:40.740 values that are attacked by the terror by extremists and again 11:40.770 --> 11:41.750 and. Again 11:43.860 --> 11:50.060 to fight violence to fight terrorism ah requires many different 11:50.060 --> 11:57.550 measures on much of it is about domestic police domestic intelligence 11:58.349 --> 12:04.769 about what nato can do is to help focus on the root causes on 12:04.769 --> 12:10.128 true I work with all the allies and to stabilize our neighborhood 12:10.740 --> 12:14.511 to address the instability and the turmoil the violence we're 12:14.511 --> 12:17.660 seeing in our neighborhood I because you have seen again and 12:17.660 --> 12:21.988 again that this violence this extremism inspired titus attacks 12:21.990 --> 12:25.263 in our own streets we have seen that in paris the syndicate uncle 12:25.264 --> 12:30.278 elvis in brussels we have seen it in in a in many of their own 12:30.399 --> 12:36.400 or other places in our nato alliance the investigation is ongoing 12:36.771 --> 12:40.523 after the horrific attacks in orlando so I cannot comment on 12:40.560 --> 12:46.200 doc but I can tell you that nato and nato allies stand together 12:46.310 --> 12:52.320 we stand committed in now our efforts to fight terrorism to fight 12:52.320 --> 12:57.120 extremism and to stand up for our values oprah winfrey and societies 12:58.368 --> 13:05.341 with the and tv tokyo lit up behind the secretary general to 13:05.389 --> 13:09.580 get him in the last of women affairs meeting you have underlined 13:09.580 --> 13:13.030 that it's also important to ensure security at the borders of 13:13.100 --> 13:15.950 both the alliance and therefore I was wondering whether there 13:15.950 --> 13:20.811 was somehow an idea to help for example direct government or 13:20.814 --> 13:25.650 not a trading nation or in order to reinforce their security 13:25.650 --> 13:28.810 or the training of their troops so that they could easily fight 13:28.810 --> 13:32.280 in a better way against isis and other threats like you 13:34.080 --> 13:38.490 one of the main theme adds up the her defense ministerial which 13:38.490 --> 13:42.098 starts tomorrow on one of the main themes at the summit which 13:42.098 --> 13:47.050 show starts in printed in that were shot the eighth of july will 13:47.050 --> 13:51.549 be what we call up projecting stability and projecting stability 13:51.565 --> 13:56.440 is about nato can work with pa doctors with forces and in the 13:56.440 --> 14:00.620 south in our neighborhood or to help them stabilized their own 14:00.620 --> 14:05.031 countries to help them and fight terrorism and underhill help 14:05.059 --> 14:09.487 them to fight extremism and of course this has to be done in 14:09.487 --> 14:13.676 a tainted way of in different countries that's exactly like george 14:13.683 --> 14:17.140 do enough on the song all we have and that the combat mission 14:17.140 --> 14:21.190 there but we do train assistant was to help the afghan national 14:21.190 --> 14:25.960 security forces fight extends some terrorism of themselves we 14:25.960 --> 14:31.879 help them or to be able to attack full reserves bonds with different 14:31.880 --> 14:37.340 security known for themselves we'll also started a fire to do 14:37.340 --> 14:40.776 that in iraq meaning that we have started to train iraqi officers 14:40.820 --> 14:45.539 in jordan and now we are looking into whether we can expand that 14:45.580 --> 14:51.426 training activity and into iraq itself and that we have the third 14:51.830 --> 14:57.208 centre at on the system in team to iraq ah the team came back 14:57.212 --> 15:01.659 and someplace to go on the now looking into the report from this 15:01.659 --> 15:05.666 theme underwear discussing with the iraq ago month all night 15:05.667 --> 15:09.874 the pumper was more support for them enabling them to fight or 15:10.336 --> 15:15.760 I so I am to step up their 55 eisele and to stabilize the roll 15:15.762 --> 15:21.061 in our country and I met with the flemings the old baldy he also 15:21.120 --> 15:24.917 for more help from nato isn't the letter also to oscar for help 15:25.350 --> 15:29.170 so we are now in the process we are stocked into the system but 15:29.170 --> 15:32.870 we are looking into what more we can do because if they are more 15:32.870 --> 15:37.340 stable we are more secure so it's our is that they succeed in 15:37.340 --> 15:42.118 fighting extremism terrorism or in their own country second row 15:42.121 --> 15:45.513 of 40 devonshire but exceptions caput of the concert hall and 15:45.542 --> 15:49.420 a secretary general and you did not mention russia in your remarks 15:49.820 --> 15:53.500 were as at the previous the foreign movement ministers at a meeting 15:53.500 --> 15:58.418 it was the it was emphasised that theirs was a neat suit to reconvene 15:58.420 --> 16:01.519 the eu and nato russia council doesn't mean that they're there 16:01.520 --> 16:04.540 mark more issues to be discussed before it could be it could 16:04.540 --> 16:09.920 happen and only on the eastern flank and for how long a ahead 16:09.960 --> 16:12.520 are those four battalions or already. Scheduled 16:14.670 --> 16:18.961 we are looking into the possibility of on convening a new meeting 16:18.961 --> 16:22.805 of the nato russia council on before the summit of course we 16:22.805 --> 16:28.576 had to agree with russia on the agenda on the modalities anna 16:28.609 --> 16:33.080 on the their formal table to confirm an exact dates or when a 16:33.080 --> 16:38.098 meeting will take place abuts on the general note icon just underlined 16:38.099 --> 16:46.650 that for nato and it is important to have both be strong but 16:46.650 --> 16:51.140 at the same time to open for dial on for us there is no contradiction 16:51.140 --> 16:54.300 between the fence and dialogue actually we believe that as long 16:54.300 --> 16:58.238 as nato remains strong as long as they provide the terrans and 16:58.238 --> 17:02.487 the fence then we can also engage in the political dialogue with 17:02.487 --> 17:06.609 russia and especially when tensions are high as there are now 17:06.990 --> 17:10.460 I think if this seller of particular importance that we keep 17:10.460 --> 17:14.409 trying so political dialogue open with russia military meant 17:14.410 --> 17:18.470 that alonso convocation opened at two at least to be able to 17:18.580 --> 17:22.910 prevent inst then some accidents on the if they happen make sure 17:22.910 --> 17:26.270 that they don't spiral out of control on that great really dangerous 17:26.300 --> 17:30.330 situations we will continue to strive for a more constructive 17:30.330 --> 17:35.850 uncle petition to brush off a and then we will do so based on 17:35.910 --> 17:39.810 the unity and the strength of alliance and we have to that when 17:39.810 --> 17:43.460 we see that the security and one month is changing and that's 17:43.460 --> 17:47.759 exactly what we are doing now when it comes to the duration of 17:47.766 --> 17:51.700 the battalions that is so they're open ended is no no pickler 17:52.030 --> 17:56.417 a decision how long we will have the four battalions in the baltic 17:57.071 --> 18:02.630 countries and in a poll on a dive we the thing is that is that 18:03.310 --> 18:08.530 and this is one element over over a more comprehensively pensive 18:09.068 --> 18:13.785 or other protection over the fence a posture iowa where we have 18:13.785 --> 18:18.560 some more forward presence with the battalion's we have more 18:18.620 --> 18:23.979 people station equipment and supplies and we have significantly 18:24.010 --> 18:29.460 increased our ability to reinforce if needed with the tripling 18:29.460 --> 18:34.409 the size of the nato response force so all this together ah is 18:34.409 --> 18:39.080 there or response of the uk the other patient over the fence 18:39.270 --> 18:43.469 posture us response to the court suit demanding trickery to jot 18:43.470 --> 18:47.449 challenges we are faced with go to gentleman the film from topping 18:47.566 --> 18:51.153 cover much or mickle caustic afresh commerce on his paper are 18:51.160 --> 18:54.450 as you mentioned at the beginning of his speech and not nato 18:54.450 --> 18:58.090 has already done a lot to enhance its presence on the eastern 18:58.090 --> 19:02.116 flank I bought steal some countries of eastern europe for example 19:02.187 --> 19:05.689 historian paul and turned most of the baltic states the a the 19:05.689 --> 19:11.310 claim that uh there must be more nato troops more exercises and 19:11.327 --> 19:14.470 moreover will generally make a presence in the region do you 19:14.470 --> 19:18.270 have any self imposed limits of these enhancements of presence 19:18.270 --> 19:22.550 or you will just follow the are all the demands of these east 19:22.550 --> 19:24.491 european and nato members think 19:26.620 --> 19:31.940 what nato does not is defensive side is proportional to an itself 19:31.941 --> 19:35.610 fall in line with our international obligations and commitments 19:35.610 --> 19:41.180 including the nato russia founding act and we will constantly 19:41.180 --> 19:45.580 assess her the requirements will constantly assess over the fence 19:45.862 --> 19:50.150 posture or but they come in all doubt that what we have done 19:50.180 --> 19:55.320 is a response to the actions of russia in that akram young on 19:55.320 --> 20:00.070 in ukraine the goals of before the illegal annexation of crimea 20:00.460 --> 20:06.710 and before on russia's destabilizing policies and to its eastern 20:06.760 --> 20:12.490 ukraine there was no one talking about any military presence 20:12.530 --> 20:17.590 on her into kind we had now an adult will have in the eastern 20:17.590 --> 20:20.831 part of the overall overall reliance in the baltic countries 20:20.831 --> 20:25.230 and napoleon sought to do his response to the russian action 20:25.230 --> 20:29.190 actions but we don't want confrontation with direction we don't 20:29.190 --> 20:33.699 want the new cold war and we will continue to strive for a dialogue 20:33.699 --> 20:37.890 on the more icons or constructive relationship because we think 20:37.890 --> 20:42.408 that it's important for us but in the long run also will benefit 20:42.408 --> 20:48.191 to russia and on all of us living here and the new atlantic amp 20:49.319 --> 20:50.459 belgium in the second row 20:51.968 --> 20:56.076 check in for murder belgian tv I have a question concerning belgian 20:56.136 --> 21:01.990 menorah spending in their defense and it is pretty low air were 21:01.990 --> 21:06.010 very far from the 2% that she'll hoping and can you give us a 21:06.010 --> 21:09.290 comment on that do you think they were going in the right direction 21:09.290 --> 21:12.340 in the long term but do we need to be acted in the short term 21:12.340 --> 21:14.429 to actually increasing spending. Thinking 21:16.792 --> 21:21.060 as the set or when it comes to defense spending the picture is 21:21.060 --> 21:26.786 mixed but the picture is back there meaning that we have our 21:27.180 --> 21:31.910 different allies spending on the fence on many different levels 21:32.370 --> 21:37.335 some allies that spent more than 2% united studies states winston 21:37.341 --> 21:43.510 spent more than 3% of the edgy defeat on the fence the u k estonia 21:43.588 --> 21:49.697 or poland a are examples of european nato allies which spans 21:49.729 --> 21:54.130 more than 2% on the fence and I welcome that and then we have 21:54.241 --> 21:59.140 her eye an increasing number of allies which spend less than 21:59.140 --> 22:03.580 2% but which have started to increase he's a move towards the 22:03.580 --> 22:09.191 2% the benchmark but it is a very mixed picture I expect only 22:09.220 --> 22:16.180 the allies I had to make good on what we do agreed I just wash 22:16.210 --> 22:22.140 outs wakes up to us $20 meeting in the airwaves in september 22:22.140 --> 22:27.290 2014 with all the heads of cycling omaha crescent there agreed 22:27.630 --> 22:32.270 to stop the cuts gradually increase and a move towards the 2% 22:32.790 --> 22:36.480 and the first step is to stop cups and then start to increase 22:37.129 --> 22:40.990 and of course I I expect also belgium to do so I discussed this 22:40.990 --> 22:45.702 with the belgian on the prime minister recently and I actually 22:45.702 --> 22:49.679 raised this issue in all of the capital's august at the from 22:49.679 --> 22:53.199 spending is very high on my political agenda and I discussed 22:53.199 --> 22:57.181 this with all the hazards slate's goldman's ministers are on 22:57.181 --> 23:01.290 meat and because there's no way we can provide the necessary 23:01.292 --> 23:06.968 capabilities the necessary forces and to both provide collected 23:06.968 --> 23:11.327 the funds but also I addressed the security challenges the turmoil 23:11.327 --> 23:15.093 with sea and to the south while reliance on wood a term ottawa 23:15.120 --> 23:19.066 islands in iraq syria and there while the middle eastern region 23:19.643 --> 23:24.340 and so on so earth defense spending is better my my political 23:24.340 --> 23:27.460 agenda on the welcome that the moving in the right direction 23:27.460 --> 23:32.210 because of the many many many years of cups 2015 was the first 23:32.210 --> 23:36.910 year we increase basel the bank inc yes but that was some increase 23:37.760 --> 23:42.242 I expected to go up than down and especially when they continue 23:42.242 --> 23:46.851 to increase defense spending in 2016 according to all reflect 23:46.851 --> 23:48.040 the stock assessments 23:49.661 --> 23:53.556 going on we had lady over there in the second room was installed 23:53.557 --> 23:56.630 and burgio announced that nato members are supposed to increase 23:56.630 --> 24:01.330 there's giving sparta defense up to 2% of their ddt in montenegro 24:01.330 --> 24:04.640 kemp to be one of them when he becomes nato member and both are 24:04.640 --> 24:08.510 operable gaze and the dismal in the regarding these you slippin 24:08.510 --> 24:11.464 without operable asians at this moment regarding the issue having 24:11.470 --> 24:15.330 gotten the legations or regarding finding of findings and the 24:15.330 --> 24:19.620 is that going to be our obligation many become later. Member 24:22.080 --> 24:26.400 well tonight it will become a member of nato as soon as all $20 24:26.400 --> 24:31.370 however ratified the accession protocol which resigned or a few 24:31.370 --> 24:36.700 weeks ago i'm some allies have already ratified the are accessible 24:36.700 --> 24:40.660 to coastal montenegro is either moving closer closer to full 24:40.740 --> 24:45.940 membership of course montenegro will be and commit the time to 24:45.940 --> 24:52.100 the same goals the same I and obligations as are all other nato 24:52.100 --> 24:57.110 allies meaning that's also on montenegro has to increase its 24:57.110 --> 25:02.570 defense spending under and move towards the true presents a guideline 25:03.328 --> 25:08.284 or some nato allies already bakes some are smaller but to present 25:08.311 --> 25:13.480 is the way to measure and so that's a fair way of of making all 25:13.480 --> 25:18.030 allies responsible are two contributing their part as that matters 25:18.059 --> 25:20.954 also welcomed the nebulous and effects but montenegro to the 25:20.954 --> 25:27.142 liver as I expect belgium to deliver ore or other older neha 25:27.149 --> 25:31.810 and they tell us to deliver on the country might be laid in the 25:31.814 --> 25:33.010 fifth row center 25:34.403 --> 25:38.320 when the moscow radio liberty key role and the government of 25:38.320 --> 25:43.320 ukraine expects that maybe on wednesday iran on the fifteenth 25:43.320 --> 25:48.620 of june on nato will approve the final ap package of aid is there 25:48.620 --> 25:52.528 any progress on this issue and can you specify what we respect 25:52.528 --> 25:53.730 each include thank you 25:55.540 --> 26:00.877 we will also have a meeting on wednesday and the natal or ukraine 26:00.974 --> 26:06.153 a commission on the one of the main issues there will be a whole 26:06.153 --> 26:11.715 nato can continue at to provide both the political and proctor 26:11.718 --> 26:18.397 practical support for ukraine on the part of that will be up 26:18.437 --> 26:25.322 the uk there are comprehensive package om the expected to end 26:25.326 --> 26:30.450 their ministers to agree on this package arra and that'll be 26:30.450 --> 26:35.720 at the novick sample owl natal on april laws provide support 26:35.720 --> 26:41.050 for ukraine both that tended toward both political support support 26:41.050 --> 26:45.570 of ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty but also practical 26:45.570 --> 26:49.968 support and we provide at the many different ways advises her 26:50.145 --> 26:54.710 and but also at helping ukraine with implementing reforms I think 26:54.710 --> 26:59.637 to england and reforms to fight corruption and to modernize or 26:59.690 --> 27:04.010 ukraine's defense institutions um is of great importance for 27:04.010 --> 27:07.045 ukraine and therefore nature will continue to help and assist 27:07.045 --> 27:12.050 the ukraine with about more details on the package will be possible 27:12.050 --> 27:15.692 for me to address when we have agreed on the wednesday ulster 27:15.713 --> 27:22.309 journal the secretary general on two questions for you one is 27:22.310 --> 27:27.810 um what was the what he tells about the commanding control of 27:27.810 --> 27:33.657 the eastern deterrent force will this be under the a host nation 27:33.691 --> 27:37.900 are commands each battalion or will this be a are under the nephews 27:37.900 --> 27:42.060 or some other nato structure and you spoke about all of the freedom 27:42.060 --> 27:46.350 of movement on issues in europe and I wonder what you've identified 27:46.350 --> 27:50.310 as a sort of next to the remaining challenges that nato needs 27:50.310 --> 27:54.283 to tackle in order to be able to move troops of material across 27:54.283 --> 27:56.440 the continent more. Expeditiously 27:58.418 --> 28:04.909 yes the nato other multinational ira busts were battalions at 28:05.015 --> 28:08.700 which we are going to have her on the rotational basis in the 28:08.700 --> 28:11.630 two baltic countries and poland will be on the natal command 28:12.230 --> 28:16.920 on the on the on the they will not then be on their own national 28:16.920 --> 28:21.230 command so they they will be on the nato command and we are also 28:21.684 --> 28:28.720 on us as a a the strengthening of a command or a related to these 28:28.720 --> 28:33.496 forces are we have been to brazil making them as a both both 28:33.496 --> 28:37.860 thermal to national headquarters of the national headquarters 28:37.860 --> 28:41.755 north east and also the multinational headquarters southeast 28:41.856 --> 28:47.528 of for a flora and both of them and the corps headquarters in 28:47.547 --> 28:50.240 in north east on the town the divisional headquarters southeast 28:50.750 --> 28:56.138 are both part of this time c'mon fuck up which we need to also 28:56.208 --> 29:00.390 commander of the multi national presence in that the forces in 29:00.650 --> 29:04.559 as both the southeast part of europe but also the northeast pa 29:04.560 --> 29:08.480 stalwart of europe the second question is about movement and 29:08.480 --> 29:11.700 the challenges what they have done now is that we have addressed 29:11.700 --> 29:16.850 all the legal hurdles in which reaction the skull woodward in 29:16.850 --> 29:21.623 place on which hampered our freedom a moment or so it will sort 29:21.627 --> 29:24.720 of up the red tape loop of baroque ascent which we had to overcome 29:24.720 --> 29:29.830 and to be able to move forces a quickly and or across europe 29:30.348 --> 29:33.420 and this has been removed and we have made a lot of progress 29:33.420 --> 29:38.710 and now it's easy at to the forces in a way that we are not faced 29:38.710 --> 29:43.220 with a lot of their cryptic legal obstacles what remains to be 29:43.220 --> 29:46.890 done which is the next step is to address actually whether we 29:46.890 --> 29:50.750 have all the infrastructure in place and because one thing is 29:50.750 --> 29:55.500 the how much as a legal right to move thanks or heavy equipment 29:55.570 --> 29:59.367 on the plane about the although the issue is whether that that 29:59.367 --> 30:03.960 pen can land on a specific era airfield and whether there are 30:03.960 --> 30:07.500 roads or railways connected to that airfield which makes it possible 30:07.500 --> 30:13.450 to learn about more that sank a further or so there are a number 30:13.450 --> 30:21.207 of issues related to a capabilities infrastructure a mile long 30:21.210 --> 30:24.441 island and the and the and the register them the capabilities 30:24.444 --> 30:28.350 of offerings seaports airports roads which we now are looking 30:28.350 --> 30:31.870 into on their where we are all skiing and the nation struggled 30:31.870 --> 30:35.935 with with the relevant information so we can also remove those 30:36.010 --> 30:40.240 obstacles so go said nothing can really move forces quickly if 30:40.240 --> 30:43.304 needed gentlemen the first round 30:45.260 --> 30:48.370 for the channel 20 for ukraine and the poet in her own it's at 30:48.370 --> 30:51.870 mr secretary general the situation in the east of ukraine has 30:51.870 --> 30:56.340 deteriorated greatly at especially as the previous night was 30:56.340 --> 31:00.690 very very hard week we never mind how hard the tries to deny 31:00.690 --> 31:04.748 that we had serious losses in the east of ukraine what is stay 31:04.757 --> 31:08.540 nadia's vision of the situation in the east of ukraine and do 31:08.540 --> 31:10.527 you see a real war comic thank. You 31:13.280 --> 31:18.620 so we are deeply concerned of about the all the violations to 31:18.620 --> 31:24.560 continued violations of the ceasefire on the we are also 31:25.890 --> 31:31.770 of course I am concerned about the the high number of the people 31:31.770 --> 31:39.311 and dr have lost their lives in fighting in eastern ukraine ah 31:39.343 --> 31:46.170 and that for me this just highlights the importance over doing 31:46.170 --> 31:50.244 whatever we can to make sure that the cease fire is respected 31:50.989 --> 31:56.560 island also that that monitors are able to monitor the ceasefire 31:56.720 --> 31:59.940 on the implementation of the ceasefire we have seen that some 31:59.940 --> 32:04.620 of the drone star using dobbin shut down again and again. Sola 32:05.840 --> 32:11.803 we have to use all our influence of on all our vote to support 32:11.888 --> 32:13.791 all efforts were 32:15.660 --> 32:19.849 making sure that the cease fire is suspected under another monitors 32:19.860 --> 32:24.770 can operate and therefore out welcomed the efforts of over many 32:24.770 --> 32:28.520 countries but in particular and tonight allies of france and 32:28.570 --> 32:35.150 germany I work and constantly on how we can implement and strengthen 32:35.513 --> 32:39.460 us and make sure that the minsk agreements are a fully respected 32:39.500 --> 32:43.340 and implemented under shah has a special responsibility because 32:43.370 --> 32:44.690 russia continues. To 32:46.957 --> 32:50.451 support for the separatists in the eastern part of ukraine and 32:50.466 --> 32:54.799 with equipment without a consul for the support on the on the 32:54.799 --> 32:58.700 we need to see the ritual had weapons under on the form of the 32:58.700 --> 33:03.620 magician instruments there is no other way to a peaceful negotiated 33:03.620 --> 33:07.680 solution in ukraine on the all implementation of instruments 33:08.221 --> 33:12.166 of oskarshamn to and theosophist thinks are turtles then parent 33:12.216 --> 33:15.450 cbs umm kid you just brings up to date as we head into the meetings 33:15.450 --> 33:20.130 on discussions about a appointing an intelligence chief there 33:20.217 --> 33:22.950 been some some discussions and I don't I just don't know where 33:23.240 --> 33:27.970 I can progress can be made in a meeting and also on om helping 33:27.970 --> 33:33.350 libya violence continues isis is losing ground but allowed the 33:33.350 --> 33:36.410 status of a possible mission to help the new libyan government 33:36.410 --> 33:37.570 where are we on that. Thanks 33:39.957 --> 33:44.837 nato has all that I did donna lauchlan comes to strengthening 33:44.889 --> 33:49.540 and the way we both are gathering intelligence but also the way 33:49.540 --> 33:54.500 we are processing and sharing that among the nato allies and 33:54.500 --> 33:59.820 so that's something where we're all that do not and I think that 33:59.820 --> 34:04.744 one of their great advantages slew for nato is that they have 34:04.744 --> 34:08.470 an alliance which has proven that we are able to share intelligence 34:08.470 --> 34:12.805 and classified information on the end of this era of get advantage 34:12.846 --> 34:18.688 for all of our allies not we are looking into whether we can 34:18.765 --> 34:24.880 learn and an improved artwork even more by establishing an assistant 34:24.880 --> 34:30.741 sector general for a high intelligence and a position on the 34:30.931 --> 34:35.000 there is a process going on we are looking at the different ways 34:35.000 --> 34:42.220 of doing that or arm or or or under and the wheels are made some 34:42.220 --> 34:48.073 progress so I expects or an agreement by the summit about this 34:48.073 --> 34:54.022 is this is not yet fully agreed and in place so are I think in 34:54.560 --> 34:59.890 her that the but we have to see what is possible too it reached 34:59.890 --> 35:02.720 by the summit but the hopefully will be able to have an agreement 35:02.750 --> 35:06.874 by the summits are directed to the establishment of a new assistant 35:06.875 --> 35:12.260 surgeon general for intelligence when it comes to libya a we 35:12.260 --> 35:18.795 are a we are continuing our dialogue with the new gold medal 35:18.795 --> 35:26.489 national accord nine I spoke with him and promises the iron fey 35:26.490 --> 35:31.539 expressed their interest in the nave to support I went out again 35:31.541 --> 35:35.850 to what kind of support we can provide them with and we are not 35:35.850 --> 35:40.994 discussing any combat or when is a presence of nato troops but 35:40.994 --> 35:45.066 the per day and what we are focused on is an alternate become 35:45.082 --> 35:50.760 help with institution building because the needs are some institutions 35:50.760 --> 35:54.230 like a defense ministry command structure and so on to be able 35:54.230 --> 36:00.480 to iowa organize on their work and their efforts to stabilize 36:00.480 --> 36:04.540 the country and to fight the an isolate but nathan will only 36:04.540 --> 36:09.170 provide assistance to the new libyan government if so requested 36:09.289 --> 36:13.296 I will only do it as part of a broader international effort to 36:13.296 --> 36:17.410 help the and again I don't think very much that's all we have 36:17.410 --> 36:21.050 time for now I know there were quite a few question since the 36:21.052 --> 36:23.960 road to you weren't able to us now but there will be opportunities 36:23.960 --> 36:27.350 over the next two days of the ministerial thank you thank you.