The decision to increase defence spending in all the States of the Alliance was taken unanimously! The NATO summit in The Hague has a historical dimension – said president Andrzej Duda, commenting on the decision of allies to rise defence budgets to 5% of GDP per year. present the two-day NATO summit ended.
The most crucial decision taken at the Allies gathering in The Hague is to increase the level of expenditure on arms and military infrastructure from 2 to 5 percent of GDP per year. At the same time, allies will be required to devote 3.5% of GDP to arms (e.g. buying ammunition or military equipment), while 1.5%. – to support activities in the field of security, including cyber attacks and attacks on critical infrastructure (e.g. energy), the construction of road infrastructure for the needs of the army (e.g. in the event of the request to spread troops in the conflict area). The allies have until 2035 to fulfill their commitment.
Let us remind that Poland – alongside US president Donald Trump and NATO Head Mark Rutte – intensively she sought specified a solution. "The NATO Summit, which ended today, decided to rise defence spending in all the countries of the Alliance. This corresponds to an nonsubjective situation, and besides to what I proposed over a year ago erstwhile I was invited by president Joe Biden to the White House. I besides talked about this with Donald Trump and speakers of the American legislature – said Andrzej Duda today. The president estimated that the decision that was made in The Hague had a historical dimension and meant that the allies had "wake up". – Europe has overslept, but now it is clear that most attitudes are very decisive. This last summit on my presidential mission I am pleased due to the fact that I can see that there has been a change – Duda argued.
However, Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz stressed the unanimity of 32 associate States. “There is no country to argue this,” indicated the head of the MON. "After discussions of defence ministers, abroad ministers, to be convinced, there is simply a consensus of up to 5 percent. This is the most crucial setting of the summit – the Deputy Prime Minister said on Wednesday afternoon.
Mark Rutte spoke in a akin tone. “This is simply a milestone in our collective defense,” he said at a conference summarizing the summit. – The adoption of the alleged plan of investment in defence serves to effectively deter aggressors and to be ready to defend each another if individual attacks us," he explained. According to him, this proves that “the Soyuszans are aware of the seriousness of the threats” and “reunited around an ambitious but essential fresh commitment to defence spending”. We're moving from arrangement to action. It is time to rotation up the sleeves and put this plan into practice," he said. Rutte announced "to increase the capacity of the defence manufacture on both sides of the Atlantic". We request quality and quantity. We request innovation and we request to act quickly," he said.
Russia is armed and NATO is packed.
The head of the Alliance besides stated that Russia modernizes and reorganises its troops at specified a pace that in 3 to 5 years it will be ready to launch a fresh war and attack on NATO. He besides cited information from military intelligence, including German intelligence. “Let us not be naive about Russia,” he warned. At the same time, the NATO chief cited Donald Trump's earlier words that the US would "be with allies to the very end." “The United States is full active in NATO. The United States is full active in the implementation of Article 5, he reiterated.
During the summit Ukraine received assurances that the Alliance would proceed to support Kiev in the fight against Russia. Mark Rutte said NATO is working on a peace agreement or a long-term ceasefire. However, as long as armed action continues in the east, NATO will “make certain that Ukraine has everything it needs”. "Our clear message to Zelensk and the Ukrainian people is that Ukraine can number on our permanent support, including more than EUR 35 billion granted this year and even more assistance in the future. We support Ukraine in its quest for peace and we will proceed to support Ukraine on its irreversible way to NATO membership," he said.
Good news for Ukraine besides had Keir Starmer. The British Prime Minister announced a fresh military aid package for Kiev, including the transfer of 350 air defence missiles.
During the second day of the summit in The Hague, Donald Trump met with president Zelenski. "I had a long and substantive gathering with president Donald Trump. We discussed all the most crucial issues" – wrote president Zelenski on X. “It was a very pleasant conversation, a successful meeting,” commented Donald Trump. The president of the United States added that he had the impression that the president of Ukraine would like to end the war and assured that during the conversation with Putin he would ask if he had specified an opinion.
Decisions valid for Poland
After the end of the NATO summit, Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz discussed the most crucial decisions made at the gathering in the Netherlands concerning Poland. Among them he mentioned: the extension of the presence of German air defence systems Patriot in Jasionka, where there is simply a logistics hub supplying Ukraine, the deployment of Norwegian F-35 aircraft in Poland and the arrival of an Australian reconnaissance aircraft and early warning. The allies besides addressed the issue of co-financing, among others, the Centre for Analysis, Training and Education of NATO-Ukraine in Poland.
During the two-day NATO summit, Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamish discussed bilateral cooperation and this in NATO with defence ministers: Canada, Norway, Finland, Lithuania, Estonia, Australia, as well as national defence heads of Group E5 – Germany, large Britain, France, Italy – To which our country besides belongs. Poland besides signed a letter of intention to increase the capacity to safe stocks of critical natural materials for the production of arms.
