NATO Secretary General pre-ministerial press conference, 13 FEB 2023

Pre-ministerial press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the meetings of NATO Defence Ministers, 13 February 2023.
NATO Defence Ministers are meeting in Brussels this week (14-15 February 2023) to strengthen the Alliance’s deterrence and defence, and step up and sustain for Ukraine. Previewing the meeting on Monday (13 February 2023), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg noted the urgency of delivering key capabilities to Ukraine before Russia can seize the initiative on the battlefield.
🗣 | NATO Secretary General:
Good afternoon.
Our thoughts remain with the Turkish people following last week's devastating earthquakes.
Thousands of emergency response personnel from NATO Allies have been supporting the relief efforts. Including with search and rescue teams, firefighters, medical personnel and seismic experts. Moreover, NATO Allies and NATO has agreed to deploy shelter facilities to help accommodate people displaced by the earthquakes.
We stand in strong solidarity with our Ally Türkiye.
NATO Defence Ministers will meet this week at an important moment for transatlantic security.
We will take decisions to strengthen NATO’s deterrence and defence.
We will address our industrial capacity, and increase the protection of our critical undersea infrastructure. And we will step up and sustain our support for Ukraine.
Almost one year since the invasion, President Putin is not preparing for peace.
He is launching new offensives. So we must continue to provide Ukraine with what it needs to win.
And to achieve a just and sustainable peace.
Ukraine’s Defence Minister, Oleksii Reznikov, will join us tomorrow.
Both for the US-led Contact Group for Ukraine and for a meeting with NATO Ministers.
Together, we will address Ukraine’s urgent needs. It is clear that we are in a race of logistics.
Key capabilities like ammunition, fuel, and spare parts must reach Ukraine before Russia can seize the initiative on the battlefield. Speed will save lives.
If Putin wins in Ukraine, the message to him and other authoritarian regimes is that force is rewarded. That would make the world more dangerous. And all of us more vulnerable.
So I welcome the recent announcements by Allies on new tanks, heavy weaponry, and training for Ukraine. And I look forward to further deliveries.
Our message is clear. NATO stands with Ukraine. For as long as it takes.
Ministers will also address how to step up our practical support for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and Moldova. Three valued NATO partners, which face Russian threats.
On Wednesday, Allies will take decisions to further strengthen our deterrence and defence.
We have already done a lot. Placing 40,000 troops under NATO command in the eastern part of the Alliance. Backed by major air and naval power. And doubling the number of battlegroups from four to eight.
Now we need to ensure we have the right forces and capabilities for the longer-term.
So I expect Allies will agree new guidance for NATO defence planning.
This will be a key driver of capability changes. And ensure credible deterrence and defence in the years to come. Ministers will also focus on ways to increase our defence industrial capacity and replenish stockpiles. The war in Ukraine is consuming an enormous amount of munitions, and depleting Allied stockpiles.
The current rate of Ukraine’s ammunition expenditure is many times higher than our current rate of production. This puts our defence industries under strain. For example, the waiting time for large-calibre ammunition has increased from 12 to 28 months. Orders placed today would only be delivered two-and-a-half years later.
So we need to ramp up production. And invest in our production capacity. NATO has just completed an extraordinary survey of our munitions stockpiles. And we plan to increase our targets for munitions stockpiles through the NATO Defence Planning Process. The good news is that several Allies, including the United States and France, have already signed new multi-year contracts with the defence industry. Enabling them to invest in increased production capacity. I look forward to further progress. This is essential to ensure we can keep supporting Ukraine, while protecting every inch of Allied territory.
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[@MrBudgiejoe]

Gotta love the way Stolenberg gesticulates when making his points, even turning his entire body from left to right to demonstrate the giving and taking or weaponry between countries 😁😁

[@garyjones9023]

So glad Jens Stoltenberg is NATO Secretary General during these difficult times.

[@samwalton4598]

The American reporter thinks the US didn't know about the balloon until it was "too late". Quite the contrary, it was spotted as soon as it entered US air space off the coast of Alaska. It was observed as it traveled across the country. And was shot down when it left land and was over shallow water off the coast of S.C. USA.

[@lindamarsh3335]

Mr Stoltenberg is meeting all the challenges head on, and is providing the exemplary leadership we desperately need in these terrible crises.'. The right person in the right job at the right time. Thanks so much, sir .

[@yorkymc]

Well said and explained to all

[@tomtaaffe6428]

A top man!

[@theoriginalsmudge4614]

What about Syrian people?

[@PhongNguyen-nz9kz]

Very impressive, imagine listening to a question, interpret it in your native language and regurgitate the information in your own language.

[@beatazieba8524]

Thank You so much !!!

[@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551]

Jens Stoltenberg, former prime minister of Norway. Now making the rest of the western world greater as the Secretary General of NATO.

[@gol622]

Why's NATO telling the Russians there running out of munitions

[@SnoopyDoofie]

Not exactly running out. He's just saying the rate of depletion is higher than what is being produced.

[@miabrandt1926]

WOW !!! ist official: "The war startet in 2014" ... Thanx for that, Mr. Stoltenberg !!!

[@Cybercenturycentaur]

This is a very interesting point.

[@carolchamberlin460]

When will Finland and Sweden Join NATO?

[@khanindustries]

He has served so well during these challenging times. I feel lucky and privileged to have Jens on our side.

[@user-hx2bx1xc8n]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@renateward4636]

i am so happy Mr. Stoltenberg stayed in the Nato Europe hangs in danger Putin would not stop

[@gordonliu3972]

I want to hear more about the near-space race. What are these objects and who is sending them?

[@mrHBarry]

support to Ukraine is not charity. support to Ukraine is an investment into the future of life in the FREE world. Support Ukraine , stop Russia. Slava Ukraine.

[@evelynteng9162]

Jen Secretary General thank you for your unwavering support to Ukraine. Well said.👏👏👏

[@SR71ABCD]

I would establish a DMZ between Russia, Ukraine and Belarus controlled by the UN but maintained by EU and NATO.

[@godessss]

The legacy of Manfred Wörner was a soldierly attitude to me, like the army in Germany (Bundeswehr) will always be loyal to NATO until death, also in relation to Ukraine

[@bente1881]

I feel safer with Stoltenberg in charge 🥰

[@user-pe9qg3hg3k]

well he is gone in october so make the most of it

[@eirikasbjrnberg8753]

What Nato countries do, is more important than thinking about what Russia do , as we do now know that Putin has a one track mind

[@lindamarsh3335]

Thank you for your hard work.

[@roosterslounge1697]

How come the United States not give Ukraine a fleet of A-10’s Warthogs? Because the A-10s were pacifically built to fight the Soviet tanks.

[@leaa4807]

Surely, logic follows that providing Ukraine a suitable aircraft will bring the conflict into the NATO preferred environment. After suppressing the air defence capability of the enemy they would be capable to use their aircraft to support the ground defence and therefore spread the use of ammunition across multiple platforms

[@xpowerlegendx]

You can start the training, now, like TODAY F16 is a matter of time

[@irmanv.9798]

Superb leadership from Secretary General Stoltenberg. Thank you for the updates . NATO had stepped up as Russia/ Putin' s aggressive behaviour must be stopped! ( Chechnya 2000, Georgia 2008, Crimea 2014 ) " NATO STANDS WITH UKRAINE AS LONG AS IT TAKES. " #SlavaUkraine 💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦💙💛🌍🌎🙏💪👍

[@enriqueojito]

Nato secretary 🙏🙏🙏

[@jeffersonb.2577]

Good Job NATO... atleast Dictators can think twice because they behave like small gods on this planet.

[@catherinekenny3926]

Agree 💯. So TRUE. Stay safe and sane from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 x

[@laura8486]

We must supply to Ukraine what it needs to WIN! Praise God for this great leadership 🙌 ✌️🇺🇦❤️

[@vinm300]

Well done NATO - the civilised world is under threat.

[@denismomoh1398]

I think, the delivery of Fighter Jets to Ukraine is more important as any other weapon that have been supplied to Ukraine. The decision making by All must be made of time, following the training of the Ukrainian heroes.

[@bohuasun9375]

Send jet fighters ASAP

[@cbrun1482]

I like that the NATO Secretary General consistently gives the same message - Ukraine is the symbol of our freedoms. Ukraine should get all the training, equipment and ammunition they need to continue the fight. Involve other nations not in NATO, S.Korea, Japan, Taiwan and other asian countries to support in material and building or making of ammunition and equipment in support of Ukraine and NATO.

[@ramiroarze1516]

Excelente presentación de la situación de NATO ante la prolongada guerra de agresión y de conquista territorial que Rusia sin límites morales ni legales lleva adelante contra Ucrania.