NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg closed the summit of the Western military alliance with a message to Moscow that the allies are ready to "defend every inch of NATO territory" and that they fully support Ukraine in its fight against the forces. ruse.

Stoltenberg said NATO "made sure the adversary was convinced that if it did something similar to what Russia did to Georgia in 2008 or Ukraine now, it would provoke a full response from the entire alliance."

The Norwegian further stated that at the three-day summit in Madrid some "transformative" decisions were taken.

In addition to promising greater assistance from NATO members to Kiev, the Allies agreed to increase the number of their Rapid Reaction Force in Eastern Europe from 40,000 to 300,000 troops.

We just concluded an historic #NATOSummit, making our transatlantic Alliance bigger, stronger & safer.

Leaders agreed to invite #Finland & #Sweden to join #NATO;

a fundamental shift in our deterrence & defense;

a new Strategic Concept;

& more support for #Ukraine.

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- Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) June 30, 2022

At the summit, Sweden and Finland were invited to join as new members and a new list of top security priorities for the next decade was adopted.

"We are facing the most serious security situation in recent decades, but we are responding to the challenge with unity and determination,"

Stoltenberg

said .

Otherwise, yesterday the representatives of NATO member countries approved in Madrid a new Strategic Concept and the details of this agreement were published on the official website of the alliance.

The second most important document of the Alliance will be a guide for all member states in the next ten years and it clearly describes the tasks that the states and the Alliance itself must solve in the coming period.

Among other things, in the introductory part of the NATO Strategic Concept, it is emphasized that the member states will remain steadfast in their decision to protect one billion citizens, to protect their territory as well as to preserve freedom and democracy.

/ Telegraphy /

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- Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) June 30, 2022