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Secretary General

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have been visiting us quite often

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exchanges

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Russian aggression in Ukraine

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have supported

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continued

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humanitarian assistance

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must not and will not

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lead to an escalation with

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unforeseeable consequences .

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Collective security

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questions of protecting

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will stand ready to support

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Every inch of the already protecting

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the eastern flank of 1000 troops in

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Lithuania . Designated Brigade in

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Germany to your

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fighters for the police

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have provided patriot .

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In addition , more than

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14,000 troops for

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tried and tested cooperation with

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Norway and the Netherlands again take

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over the lead of the very high

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readiness joint task force

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Make available to 30,000 troops at high

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readiness

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pointed to the need to

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this is why we developed

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to strengthen the European .

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As many as 15 allies have already

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joined the Secretary General

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also discussed the security of critical

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infrastructure especially in the north

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that we have to reassess . The risk

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is especially true for the North Sea

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where we aim to cooperate with our

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allies to protect

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today and yesterday

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we have to

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the first point of contact we can

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benefit from its expertise , its

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capabilities ,

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stronger coordinating function for the

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security

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coordination of the different relevant ,

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contribute shared situation

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in countries with their respective

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military Police , Coast Guard and

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private

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together and I'm thankful grateful for

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the excellent cooperation for which you

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are . You body like no one else .

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Thank you so much for hosting me here .

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Thank you for the dinner . Thank you

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for excellent meeting today and

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not least , thank you for your

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leadership and your personal commitment

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to our transatlantic to our NATO

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alliance . Russia's illegal war in

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Ukraine continues to cause death and

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misery every day as winter sets

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in . Russia is bombing Ukraine's energy

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infrastructure trying to freeze and

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starve Ukrainians into submission .

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Putin is using Winter as a weapon

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and we cannot allow him to win at this

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critical moment . Our continued support

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for Ukraine is more important than ever .

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NATO is not party to the conflict .

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We will not be dragged into Putin's war .

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We stand by Ukraine in its right to

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self defense , a right enshrined in the

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U . N . Charter and I commend Germany

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for its leading role . Germany is

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among the allies providing most

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military , financial and military aid

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to Ukraine . Military equipment

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provided by Germany protects Ukrainian

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homes , schools and hospitals from

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Russian missile attacks .

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German armed deliveries save lives and

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NATO allies are determined to sustain

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our support so that Ukraine prevails as

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a sovereign independent state . We

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know that our support for Ukraine comes

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at the cost , rising food and energy

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bills mean tough times for many .

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But we pay the price in money while the

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Ukrainians pay in lives .

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And if Putin winds that will embolden

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authoritarian leaders to use force

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again to achieve their goals that would

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make the world more dangerous and all

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of us more vulnerable . So NATO's

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task is to support Ukraine and

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prevent escalation of the world beyond

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Ukraine . We do this by sending a clear

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message to Moscow that we will defend

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every ally that is why we have stepped

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up our presence in the eastern part of

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the alliance Germany is leading NATO's

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battle group in Lithuania , providing

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air defenses in Slovakia and jets

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patrol our skies from the Baltic to the

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Black Sea . At this defining

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moment for european security ,

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Germany's leadership is crucial .

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Your speech the Bundestag in february

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was historic . It was truly a turning

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point with the site and vendor Germany

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has stepped up like never before in

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support of Ukraine and in defense of

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your NATO allies . I

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strongly welcome your government's

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special €100 billion fund to invest

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in our shared security , Providing

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funding for 5th generation aircraft ,

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new helicopters , new ships and many

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other critical capabilities .

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As you mentioned , we also discussed

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the protection of undersea

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infrastructure , pipelines and cables

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on the seabed are arteries for our

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economies transporting energy and

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transporting data . The recent sabotage

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of the north Stream pipelines has

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reminded of all of the vulnerabilities

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of these infrastructure . In response ,

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NATO has doubled the number of ships

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patrolling the north and the Baltic

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seas and stepped up sharing of

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intelligence but we need to do more to

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help protect this vital infrastructure .

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So I welcome the german which

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initiative to establish a NATO undersea

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infrastructure center . Such a center

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would provide allies with better

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situation awareness , map our

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vulnerabilities and help deter and

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recover from any disruptive actions

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against allied undersea infrastructure .

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Charge results , Thank you once again

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for your strong support and for your

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commitment to our lines . Thank you so

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much . Thank you .