North Atlantic Council at the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C 🇺🇸 - opening remarks, 10 JUL 2024

Public opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and welcoming remarks by the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, Washington, D.C., 10 July 2024.
🗣 | NATO Secretary General:
Good afternoon.
Welcome to all of you. It is great to see you all here at this Summit. Welcome to the NATO Summit in Washington. And many thanks to our hosts, the United States, and many thanks to you personally, President Biden, dear Joe. There is no better place to celebrate the 75th anniversary of our Alliance, than right here in Washington, where the North Atlantic Treaty was signed back in 1949.
So thank you so much for hosting us all here. And thank you also, President Biden, for your personal leadership and your strong commitment over many years to NATO, to our Transatlantic Alliance. This has all made us stronger.
Let me also welcome Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. This is your first time as a full member of the Alliance, as Prime Minister attending a NATO Summit. So welcome to the family Ulf, it is great to see you here.
In this first session, we will make decisions for our future security. We will strengthen our defence. 23 Allies now meet the target of spending 2% of GDP on defence, up from just three Allies in 2014, when we made the pledge to invest more in defence.
We will increase our support for Ukraine by establishing a NATO Coordination and Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine, and by ensuring a sustained support for the long term. Support to Ukraine is not charity. It is in our own security interest.
And we will reinforce our partnerships in the Indo Pacific, to push against the growing alignment of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. Let me now pass the floor to President Biden for his opening statement. So please, Joe, you have the floor.
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United we are strong💪

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IT's a pleasure watch to this important meeting in Washington DC. Success in America.🇺🇲

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Long live NATO! It is a force for good in the world!

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The NATO is wonderful and powerful alliance

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Good luck everyone

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Дякую!

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Greetings from Vancouver 🇨🇦

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Greetings to Vencouver.

[@bina7915]

Thank you for evertything you have done. I have two questions:
1.why is Ukraine restricted in its defence? I fail to see the logic.
2. What is needed to declare russia a terror-state?
Lots of love and hope from Sweden! ❤

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Sláva USA! :))

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Support for ukraine is not charity its security for all nations

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Thank you NATO for supporting Ukraine

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Biden rules! ❤

[@golokavrndavana]

Байден, це лідер. Слава США. У нас є сильніші лідерів НАТО. Єнс також зробив багато роботи. У нас є Швеція, Фінляндія, Словаччина, Іспанія, Бельгія, Естонія, Хорватія, а також Канада, а також Люксембург, Польща, Румунія, англійці, турки.