There, NATO not only celebrated the 75th anniversary of its founding but also introduced new policy and strategic directions that give meaning to NATO's existence and govern NATO's activities in the coming time. in the long future.
The results of the event expressed in the joint statement reflect the not-complete but very basic and extensive consensus of views among 32 NATO members. Only Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban expressed dissatisfaction with NATO.
The three big issues facing NATO at this conference are the Russia-Ukraine conflict , confronting Russia and confronting China.
Regarding Ukraine, NATO concretizes plans to assist Ukraine militarily in the near future so that Ukraine can continue to fight Russia. NATO pledged $43 billion in military aid to Ukraine, providing more air defense systems and F-16 aircraft to Ukraine and especially making a firm commitment that Ukraine would eventually join NATO. Thereby, NATO also demonstrated its determination to continue its uncompromising rivalry with Russia.
Regarding the confrontation with Russia, NATO has not decided, but NATO's orientation to confront Russia is strongly supported and supplemented by the decisions of the US and Germany to deploy US long-range missiles on German territory again - for the first time. first since the end of the cold war. Outsiders can see that NATO's central intention at this year's conference is to play the most decisive role in resolving current political and security issues in Europe, as well as in shaping structures. common security politics for Europe in the post-Russia-Ukraine conflict era. NATO's current main efforts to achieve this goal are to continue the war to force Russia to lose in Ukraine, increase armament to warn and deter Russia, and force Russia to submit to the safe political order. Security in Europe is imposed by NATO, but NATO does not advocate for the rapid advancement of a peaceful political solution to the conflict in Ukraine.
For the third consecutive time, NATO invited Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand to attend the summit. South Korea is the first Asian country to sign a military cooperation agreement with NATO. The biggest unknown for NATO is the US - essentially who will win the upcoming presidential election in the US.
