“And these three things, the interoperability, the NATO-Ukraine Council and removal of the requirement for Membership Action Plan for Ukraine, demonstrate that Ukraine has never been closer to a membership in NATO than now,” Stoltenberg declared.
US President Joe Biden said ahead of the July summit that Ukraine would have to meet certain conditions before its bid was accepted. NATO member states have also ruled out Ukraine joining before the conflict with Russia is resolved.
Since the much-anticipated counteroffensive began in early June, Ukraine has faced waves of criticism — including from officials and experts in Western countries that have provided it with military support — that its forces are not moving fast enough. Kyiv has grown increasingly frustrated with such pessimistic commentary, and Dmytro Kuleba, the country‘s top diplomat, even told critics recently to „shut up“ and try liberating territory themselves.
‚The president and the prime minister will also discuss the joint US-UK leadership on critical emerging technologies as well as our work to strengthen our economic security.‘
Biden will then hold talks with current NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg on Monday.
Ukraine is set to top the agenda for their talks which will take place one month out from the summit and will give other NATO countries an inkling of what to expect from Kyiv‘s most powerful western ally.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the issue of Ukraine‘s membership in the Alliance continues between the Allies and today no one can tell for sure what the outcome of the summit in Vilnius will be like.
He said this at the Brussels Forum organized by the German Marshall Fund of the United States on Wednesday.
NATO-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg hat sich für eine Fortsetzung der Gespräche über eine Abgabe von westlichen Kampfjets an die Ukraine ausgesprochen. Man müsse über Lieferungen durch Bündnispartner weiter diskutieren, sagte Stoltenberg heute am Rande eines Treffens der internationalen Kontaktgruppe zur Koordinierung von Militärhilfe für die Ukraine auf dem US-Luftwaffenstützpunkt Ramstein.
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Speaking ahead of a meeting of the Ukraine defence contact group at Ramstein air base in Germany, he also told reporters that, once the war in Ukraine ends, Kyiv must have „the deterrence to prevent new attacks“.
“Let me be clear: Ukraine’s rightful place is in the Euro-Atlantic family,” Stoltenberg said at the news conference. “Ukraine’s rightful place is in NATO. And over time, our support will help you make this possible.” The secretary general’s visit comes as NATO is expanding, having just added Finland as its 31st member. Sweden, another prospective member, has had its accession process held up by objections from alliance members Hungary and Turkey.
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“There‘s no discussion about putting a Patriot battery in Ukraine. In order to do that you have to put U.S. troops with it to operate it,” a senior defense official said Thursday.
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„Safeguarding the skies over Poland,“ the air force said on Twitter, above a picture of a starting fighter jet, without giving details.
A military spokesperson told Reuters the Eurofighter jets were flying missions out of Germany over Poland, a country that suffered severely under Nazi Germany in the last century.
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There will not be a referral for an investigation, Duda said.
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„I spoke with [President Andrzej Duda] last night, we agreed on the importance of awaiting the outcome of the investigation,“ Stoltenberg told reporters. „We don‘t have the final outcome on that, we have no indication that this was a deliberate attack.“
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“There‘s no discussion about putting a Patriot battery in Ukraine. In order to do that you have to put U.S. troops with it to operate it,” a senior defense official said Thursday.
(March 10, 2022 )he Patriot air defense missile system – Patriot stands for “Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept of Target” – is designed to counter and destroy incoming short-range ballistic missiles, advanced aircraft and cruise missiles.
Luftabwehrsysteme seien sowohl in Polen als auch in der Ukraine notwendig, sagte NATO-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg am Freitag in einempolskieradio.pl Interview für den US-Nachrichtensender CNN.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium – NATO will massively boost the number of troops on high readiness to over 300,000, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, June 27, with allies set to adopt a new strategy describing Moscow as a direct threat four months into the Ukraine war.
Alle Entwicklungen im Liveblog.
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Gestern am späten Abend veröffentlichte das Boulevard-Blatt „Verdens Gang“ (VG), zwei Tage nach den Norwegen-Attentaten von Oslo und Utoya, eine überraschende Meldung. Unter den Toten auf der Insel, so VG, sei auch ein Polizist. Dieser habe sich dort „außer Dienst“aufgehalten und sei dort als Wachmann eingesetzt gewesen. Unbewaffnet.
Heute nun meldet das „Dagbladet“ (1): es handelt sich bei diesem Toten um den Stiefbruder der Kronprinzessin Mette-Marit, den 51-jährigen Trond Berntsen. Dieser habe, als Polizist außer Dienst, „private Überstunden“ als Wachmann auf der Insel gemacht.
Folgendes wird nun durch das „Dagbladet“ berichtet: nach dem Attentat in Oslo sei am Freitag den Veranstaltern des Jugendcamps auf der Insel telefonisch mitgeteilt worden, daß ein Polizei-Vertreter auf der Insel erscheinen werde, um sie über das Attentat in Oslo zu informieren.
WAS?!!
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Breivik hatte am 22. Juli 2011 zunächst eine Autobombe im Regierungsviertel der norwegischen Hauptstadt gezündet und dabei acht Menschen getötet. Danach fuhr er auf die Insel Utoya, wo er sich als Polizist ausgab und das Feuer auf die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer des jährlichen Sommerlagers der Jugendorganisation der sozialdemokratischen Arbeiterpartei eröffnete.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington D.C. on Monday (7 June 2021), to discuss preparations for the upcoming NATO Summit on 14 June. The Secretary General thanked President Biden for his leadership and the “powerful commitment” of the United States to NATO, saying that he welcomed the President’s “strong message on the importance of alliances.”
Zusammen sei man in dieser „unberechenbareren Welt“, in der man auf eine Reihe verschiedener Herausforderungen und Bedrohungen vorbereitet sein müsse, stärker und sicherer. Als Beispiele nannte Stoltenberg Russland, das sich zunehmend aggressiv gegenüber seinen Nachbarn verhalte, und China, das in neue militärische Fähigkeiten investiere.
Die Strategie-Änderungen der NATO laufen unter dem Titel „NATO 2030“. Frage: Wer hat die Kompetenz, diese schwerwiegenden Änderungen gutzuheißen? Die Kriegs- und Verteidigungsminister der Mitgliedstaaten? Die Regierungen der Mitgliedstaaten? Oder werden da dann auch die Parlamente der Mitgliedstaaten noch ein Wort mitzureden haben, was dringend nötig wäre?
Es lohnt sich, genau hinzuhören, wenn NATO-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg mit Politikern, Medienvertretern oder auch Studierenden im Gespräch ist. Besser schlafen kann man danach allerdings nicht.
The incoming Biden administration has pledged to do even more to partner with allies on the China challenge.
In another step in that direction, on December 2, the foreign ministers of the NATO members, along with delegations from Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea, gathered virtually to discuss the rise of China and the implications for the global balance of power.
Der wachsende militärische Einfluss Chinas wird nach Einschätzung von NATO-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg nicht zu einer Öffnung des Verteidigungsbündnisses für asiatische Staaten wie Japan und Südkorea führen. „Wir sind ein regionales Bündnis und werden ein regionales Bündnis bleiben“, sagte der Norweger heute bei einer Diskussion der Denkfabrik Carnegie Europe.
„The Black Sea region is of strategic importance to NATO and to all Allies … We work closely with our valued partners, Georgia and Ukraine. Therefore, NATO maintains a significant presence in the Black Sea region and will work more closely with Ukraine and Georgia,“ Stoltenberg said during a press conference on Monday.
The two sides also discussed the work of the NATO mission in Iraq, and how to continue cooperation between the two sides in the light of the Iraqi government’s decision to require member states in the international coalition against Daesh to withdraw their forces present in Iraq, noting the importance of increased communication in order to develop a new program of action that accommodates the developments in the situation in Iraq and the region.
No evidence that guided the strike has been made public.
“We had several briefers from the United States, from the State and from Pentagon and they briefed and explained to other allies why they took this action against General Soleimani,” Stoltenberg said without going into detail.
The alliance chief was asked several times by reporters about whether the U.S. action had been criticized by other NATO members during the meeting. But he didn‘t provide a clear answer,
Ahead of the meeting of NATO Leaders in London to mark the Alliance’s 70th anniversary, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday (29 November 2019) gave details of large increases in Allied defence spending. Mr. Stoltenberg announced that in 2019 defence spending across European Allies and Canada increased in real terms by 4.6 %, making this the fifth consecutive year of growth. He also revealed that by the end of 2020, those Allies will have invested $130 billion more since 2016.
“Is our enemy today Russia? Or China? Is it the goal of NATO to designate them as enemies? I don’t believe so,” Macron said at a joint news conference in Paris alongside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “Our common enemy today in NATO is terrorism, which has hit each of our countries.”
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Washington, D.C. on Thursday (14 November 2019).
Chaired by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the meeting was convened to address the Coalition‘s next steps following the death of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi, as well as recent developments in northeast Syria.
Stoltenberg also said that Azerbaijan, under the leadership of NATO introduces military and multimodal transit support within the framework of the Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan.
He flew across the ocean to celebrate NATO’s 70th anniversary with the largest and most important member of the military alliance. So to outsiders it appeared to be an awkward moment on Tuesday for Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary general, as he sat stiffly by while President Trump criticized German defense spending and predicted that the United States would get along with Russia.
(8.11.2018) The whole package is likely then to go to an EU summit later this month or in December, and if approved Mrs May will put it to the House of Commons for a vote within days.
Prime Minster Mrs May will attend a working dinner in Belgium on Thursday hosted by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Der NATO-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg und der Präsident des Europäischen Rates Donald Tusk haben am Dienstag in Brüssel eine neue gemeinsame Erklärung für die Zusammenarbeit zwischen der EU und der NATO unterzeichnet.
In der Erklärung hieß es, beide Seiten wollten künftig ihre Zusammenarbeit in den Bereichen militärische Mobilität, Terrorbekämpfung, Risikobekämpfung für chemische, biologische oder radioaktive Stoffe sowie Frieden und Sicherheit für Frauen ausbauen.
Trump criticized bloc members that approved the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Europe. The president criticized Germany in particular, calling it a hostage of Russia.
An der Stelle versucht Stoltenberg verzweifelt, den aufgebrachten Trump noch einmal zu beruhigen. Man sei eben in einer Allianz von 29 Staaten manchmal unterschiedlicher Ansicht. Zwei Weltkriege hätten gelehrt, dass man zusammen stärker sei als allein. „Russland zusammen entgegenzutreten, macht uns stärker“, wirbt er.
Deutschland muss den Wehretat in Milliarden-Euro-Höhe aufstocken, das fordert Nato-Generalsekretär Stoltenberg. Er steht damit in Konflikt zu Kanzlerin Merkel, die vorsichtiger agieren will.