NATO Secretary General speech at the Warsaw School of Economics, 26 MAR 2025

Описание: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speech at the Warsaw School of Economics, 26 March 2025.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited Warsaw on Wednesday (26 March 2025), where he met Polish President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski. The Secretary General then gave a speech at a public event co-hosted by the Warsaw School of Economics and the Polish Institute of International Affairs.

Secretary General Rutte praised Poland for its leadership within the Alliance, including its strong support to Ukraine and record-high defence spending, set to reach 4.7% of GDP this year. “Poland’s investment in defence is an example to all Allies. Not only do you top the NATO charts, you plan to spend even more,” he said.

In his keynote speech, the Secretary General underlined the strength of the transatlantic bond and laid out NATO’s path to the upcoming Summit in The Hague.

“When it comes to keeping Europe and North America safe, there is no alternative to NATO,” he said, stressing that it is not possible to imagine the defence of Europe without the Alliance.

As Russia’s war against Ukraine rages on and its military cooperation with China, Iran, and North Korea intensifies, Mr Rutte warned that President Putin “has not given up on his ambition to reshape the global security order.” He underlined that a strong transatlantic Alliance remains the foundation of European security and that stronger European Allies are a unique strategic asset to the United States - allowing America, he said, to “promote peace through strength on the global stage.”

Secretary General Rutte reiterated his confidence in the United States’ continued commitment to NATO and Article 5. “Listen to President Trump, who has repeatedly stated his commitment to a strong NATO. Listen to the strong bipartisan support in the US Congress,” he said. “And listen to the American people,” three-quarters of whom support NATO according to a recent Gallup poll.

Mr Rutte also emphasised that the US commitment to NATO comes with a clear expectation: that European Allies and Canada take on greater responsibility for our shared security.

Looking ahead to the NATO Summit in The Hague, the Secretary General said the Alliance would “begin a new chapter for our transatlantic Alliance. Where we build a stronger, fairer and more lethal NATO, to face a more dangerous world.”

🗣 | NATO Secretary General:

Professor, Rector Magnificus,
Professor, good to see you again.
I was just saying that the fact that Poland is now spending so much on defence is also because of sound financial policies you introduced here.
So, thank you. And it’s great to be back in Warsaw.
And to see everyone here in the room and also following online.

In my first speech as Secretary General in December,
I said I wanted to start a conversation with the one billion people living in NATO countries about our security.

And what better place to continue that conversation than here in Poland?

You are truly a leader on defence, spending 4.7 percent of GDP this year.
You are a strong supporter for Ukraine.
And Poland has put security at the heart of your EU Presidency.

In my meetings earlier today, I thanked President Duda and Prime Minister Tusk.
Not just for talking the talk, but for walking the walk,
when it comes to our collective security.

Now, I want to take some time with all of you.
To address the questions about the strength of the transatlantic bond.
And to sketch out the path to our NATO Summit in The Hague in June, following my recent discussions in Washington with President Trump.

I know that things have been moving fast in recent months.
And many of us feel less secure in this rapidly changing world.

Russia’s war against Ukraine is raging on.
And there are concerns about how it will end.

However it ends, Russia will remain the most significant and direct threat to our security.

Russia is ramping up its defence spending and has moved to a war economy.
It is rapidly rebuilding its armed forces.
Built on Chinese technology.
Backed by deadly Iranian drones.
And North Korean troops and missiles.

Putin has not given up his ambition to reshape the global security order.

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