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NATO Secretary General at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building, 19 JUN 2024

Speech by NATO Secretary General at an event hosted by the NATO Association of Canada and the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association, 19 JUN 2024 🗣 | NATO Secretary General: Good afternoon. It's great to see you all. And, David, thank you so much for your kind words. Your public service in politics as a Minister has really made a difference not only for Canada but also for NATO. So, it's good to see you and great to meet all of you. Many thanks also to the NATO Association of Canada and the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association for inviting me to be here today. It is good to be back in Canada. I feel at home in this country. And last time, I will share, I went to Cambridge Bay with Prime Minister Trudeau and the Defence and the Foreign Minister. And we visited NORAD, this is early warning radar. And it was actually extremely useful for me to see this myself and also extremely interesting and great to be in the High North of Canada. The visit today may be a bit less exciting in a way that it is not the High North. But at least the climate is actually much different actually in a way that it's extremely warm. No, that was not the case up in the High North. But anyway, thank you so much. It's great to see you all and I appreciate this opportunity to say some few words. But let me start by express my gratitude and to tell you that it is really a great honour to receive the Louis St. Laurent award, named after Prime Minister who oversaw Canada rejoining NATO back in 1949. And St. Laurent was one of the earliest proponents of NATO as a transatlantic Alliance. He understood that the only way to stand up to aggression was for free nations to stand together. He was right then, and he is right now. For today we face the most challenging complex and dangerous security environment for generations. In three weeks, NATO heads of state and government will meet in Washington for the NATO Summit. There, we will celebrate the 75th anniversary of our Alliance but this Summit will not only be about celebrations, but it will also be an opportunity to make important decisions for the future. There are three main issues on our agenda. First, we will strengthen our deterrence and defence. We live in a more dangerous world. With greater global competition. A new war in the Middle East. And a fully-fledged war in Europe. Canada contributes to NATO’s deterrence and defence in many different ways. We are very grateful for those contributions. Not least on Europe’s eastern flank, where Canadian troops lead NATO’s multinational battlegroup in Latvia. And I had the privilege of meeting the Canadian soldiers in Latvia several times. And every time I met them, I've been impressed by the commitment for the skilled by their professionalism. And I would like to express my gratitude to them, but also to Canada. For everything you do to strengthen NATO's military presence on our eastern flank and pay tribute to all those who serve and have served in that battlegroup. In 2014, Russia illegally annexed Crimea, and at that time all NATO Allies at the NATO Summit in Wales in the United Kingdom decided that we should spend two percent of GDP on defence. At the time, only three Allies out of all NATO members met the target of spending two percent of GDP on defence, and that also the United States, United Kingdom, and Greece. This year in 2024, 23 Allies will spend at least two percent of GDP on defence.   Canada is also increasing its defence spending, and will add billions over the coming years. Including by purchasing high-end new capabilities, modernising law rather and by investing in the fifth generation F-35 aircraft. This is important for our collective security. This will help to further strengthen NATO as a defensive military Alliance. At the same time, I continue to expect all Allies should meet the guideline of spending two percent. I know that this is not always easy, because I've been a politician, a parliamentarian, and a prime minister for many years. And I know that it's always easier to spend money on health, education, infrastructure and many other important tasks than to invest more in defence. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ SUBSCRIBE to this channel https://bit.ly/NATOsubscribe SUBSCRIBE to NATO News https://bit.ly/NATONewsSubscribe SUBSCRIBE to NATO History https://bit.ly/NATOHistorySubscribe Connect with NATO online: Visit the Official NATO Homepage: https://bit.ly/NATOhomepage Receive NATO updates via email: https://bit.ly/NATOemails Find NATO on FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/NATOfacebook Follow @NATO on X/TWITTER: https://bit.ly/NATOtwitter Follow NATO on Instagram: https://bit.ly/NATOinstagram Find NATO on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NATOlinkedin Find NATO on Flickr: https://bit.ly/NATOflickr #NATO #OTAN #Canada