The Secretary General of NATO calls on the Europeans to increase the production of weapons
The Secretary General of NATO, in an interview published in the German press, called on the Europeans to increase their production of weapons to increase deliveries to Ukraine and to prevent a confrontation with Moscow "that could last for decades". .
With less than a week to go before NATO defense ministers meet in Brussels on February 15 and 16, Jens Stoltenberg said: We need to rebuild and develop our industrial base faster to increase deliveries to Ukraine and realign stocks ours." "This means that we have to go from slow production in times of peace to fast production in times of conflict," Stoltenberg told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag. "There is no direct military threat to a (NATO) ally. At the same time, the Kremlin regularly makes threats against NATO countries," Stoltenberg said. Stressing that the Russian invasion of Ukraine almost two years ago showed that peace in Europe is not secure, he insisted on the importance of protecting the alliance countries. "As long as we invest in our security and remain united, we will continue to prevent any attack," he said. "NATO is not looking for war with Russia, but we must prepare for a confrontation that could last decades," he said.
