NATO is an important a part of the European protection, the EU overseas coverage chief reiterated on Friday.
“Of course the EU and NATO are natural partners as a majority of the EU members are also (in) NATO. So our collective defense (is) based on NATO,” Kaja Kallas mentioned in doorstep remarks on day two of a NATO overseas ministers assembly in Brussels.
Citing US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Thursday remarks that the US stays dedicated to NATO however its European members ought to spend extra on protection, she confused that the EU’s White Paper on protection, offered final month, is about unblocking funds, doing extra for protection, capabilities, and cooperation.
“This will eventually make NATO stronger. So, this plan actually goes hand in hand with NATO’s capability targets. It helps NATO countries, European countries to fulfil their capability targets that we have in NATO. In turn, it makes the whole of NATO stronger, which is our goal,” defined Kallas.
Published by the European Commission on March 19, the White Paper gives options to deal with crucial functionality gaps and construct a powerful protection industrial base.
It suggests methods for EU member states to take a position extra in protection, procure protection techniques, and improve the long-term readiness of Europe’s protection business.
Source: www.anews.com.tr