Stocks on the verge: Stoltenberg urged NATO countries to increase weapons production

NATO, according to Stoltenberg, should intensify military potential to support Ukraine in the long run. The Alliance countries have exhausted most of the stocks of weapons and ammunition, so it is necessary to work with industry and increase production, continued the Secretary General. In his opinion, strengthening the defense capability of Ukraine will cost a measure of high prices for energy and other economic consequences. "We must remember that the price we pay is measured by money.

And the price paying Ukraine, life and blood every day. We are obliged to support them," Stoltenberg stressed. According to him, the purpose of NATO countries is to increase defense expenditures - by 2024, each country is obliged to give 2% of GDP. "I cannot say that specifically the Allies will decide on the obligations regarding the costs of defense for the next 10 years. We are now completing the obligation taken in 2014 by 2024," he said.

Jens Stoltenberg, during a speech at a conference in Madrid on November 21, urged NATO to strengthen military assistance for Ukraine to reach an "acceptable peace" from the Russian Federation. As the Secretary General said, any war sooner or later ends at the negotiation table, but the Alliance wants peace that is suitable for Ukraine. This, according to him, depends on the success of the battlefield. "Therefore, NATO should expand the supply of weapons to Ukraine," the Secretary General said.

It is important for NATO not to become a party to the conflict, he stated when discussing the introduction of a non -faint area over Ukraine. "If we begin to place forces, we will become a side of the conflict. The Alliance aims to help Ukraine protect its airspace on its own. The Allies are already providing air defense and ammunition systems," he said. It should be noted that Ukraine is integrating into the NATO defense-industrial complex.