Leaders of the North Atlantic Agreement Association (NAT), including many European countries, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. This week, Netherlands are coming together for the annual summit in Hague. Russia’s continuous war on Ukraine And uncertainty about the future of Washington in the Alliance.
The NATO Starting on Tuesday and two days, US President Donald Trump first attended the second term in January. Former Dutch Prime Minister Nato’s general secretary Mark Rutte will also be the president of the meeting.
Among the expected speaking issues are the issue of how much the war and the members of Ukraine are Expenditure A controversial point for their collective protection, especially for the United States. Trump has long been argued that the US shoulders have a lot of financial burden and they want others to increase their protection costs.
But the ongoing struggle between the Israeli and Iran, which has joined the United States last weekend, could give a shadow on the peak. On June 23, a day after the United States attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities, Iran fired missiles at the US al -Udeed Airbase in Qatar. Trump has since claimed that Israel and Iran agreed to ban the war, but both of them did not confirm any agreement.
Who is present at the NATO summit?
During several events planned for two -day meetings, the main focus of the NATO Summit is the North Atlantic Council meeting on June 25, which will discuss the state major security costs and on other pressing topics.
The meeting expects all 32 NATO states or government heads, the highest member of the European Union and representatives of Ukraine. Notably, it includes:
- UK Prime Minister Kerr starrer
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark car
- US President Donald Trump
- French President Emmanuel Macron
- German channelrr Frederick Merz
- Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
- Netherlands Prime Minister Dik Skuf
- Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogon
- Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban
- Ukrainian
- European Commission Chairman Ursula Fon Dear Lane or European Council President Antonio Costa
Other NATO members whose state or government heads are expected:
Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden.
In addition, a group of Asian Associates, including Japan, Australia, South Korea and New Zealand, is often invited. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and New Zealand’s Christopher Luxan have confirmed the presence.
Will NATO leaders discuss Israel-Aran conflict?
Yes, they are expected to pay attention to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.
A German government spokesman said in the media briefing on Friday that NATO members would discuss the struggle at the Summit, but refused to comment on any military plans.
Friday, the three largest European nation with a population of Germany, France and the UK Held Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragachi at Jiniva, Switzerland, trying to avoid the long -term war in the Middle East.
What is more on the agenda?
There will be discussions on Russia’s war and NATO finances.
Support for Ukraine
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in the 5th, the Russia-Ukraine war has dominated the summit and has been an important issue on the agenda.
The members of NATO have long been renovated that their biggest threat is Russia and is important in financing Ukraine’s resistance.
At the Nato Summit in Washington, the NATO allies announced that “the future of Ukraine is in NATO” and promised long -term security assistance with at least Billion 1 billion euros in the annual fund.
Rutte said on June 12, Ukraine has long -term support before the serious rally.
“We need to make sure that Ukraine (sustained) the ongoing conflict with Russia (Ukraine) (Ukraine) Russian aggression against Ukraine, but after a long -term war period (or) peace agreement, Putin will never try again,” he said.
Although Ukraine is not a member of the NATO, it is hoped to join it, and in 2008, the coalition agreed that once the set of economic, protection, legal and political requirements is completed, Kiev would be admitted. As a member, Kiev will benefit from the policy 5 policy of the Alliance, which guarantees that anyone who attacked the member state will get a collective protection response.
Ukraine’s potential membership of NATO is an important issue for Russia, and this is one of the reasons for the start of war. Russia sees such an extension at its border as a direct danger to its national security.
But after the Russian invasion, the partition of the NATO has become visible: members like Estonia are eager to join Ukraine and provide more military support, while some like Hungary are seen as a more friendly to Moscow. In Poland’s recent presidential electionThe issue of Ukrainian refugees in the country as well as relations with Europe was the key to speaking.
Somewhere in the middle, Russia has regularly threatened to raise and raise conflicts in the war of all members, that Russia has regularly threatened that the members of NATO can directly pull the members of NATO without a weapon.
With Trump’s White House election in January, it has become more and more unclear as to whether Ukraine will enjoy the US support.
Trump promised to make a faster attempt to war when the campaign was on the way, but his efforts did not arise for the war and the president of Ukraine. Volodimier Zelensky It has been clear that the manner in which Ukrainian President was Condemnation During a visit to the White House in February.
The cost of protection
Increasing the amount spent by each member as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) is also a major topic.
In 223, as the Russian war against Ukraine entered the second year, the leaders of NATO agreed to increase the cost of the national defense budget by 224, which was over the previous threshold. Percent percent. However, not all members did this, only 22 member countries fulfilled the target. Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain did not meet the target in 2024.
NATO Associates have also come Under The Trump administration, who has accused the alliance of the US funding more and demanding that others spend 5 percent of GDP.
The United States currently contributes 15.8 percent of NATO’s annual $ 3.5 billion costs. Trump has also doubted whether the coalition should not spend enough of those countries.
In May, Matthew Whitekar of the United States of NATO told reporters, “Percent percent is our number. We are asking our allies to invest in their rescue.”
Due to that pressure, the general secretary Ratte members are likely to ask the members of the GDP per cent for a protection budget up to 332. “Soft cost” on infrastructure and cyber -cycle is about 1.5 percent. However, some countries like Spain have rejected the hike as an unrealistic.
Meanwhile, Ratte has urged member countries to increase the production of weapons and protection systems. “We have extraordinary industrial companies in the United States, the whole of Europe and Canada, but they are not producing fast,” he said in a June 12 statement. “So we need more changes, more product lines.”
Some members have already announced plans to boost defense costs.
At the beginning of this month, the UK announced Plans To bring the country to the “promise of war”. His strategic protection review (SDR) includes a new investment in nuclear warheads, a flatter of new submarines and new weapons factories. But the UK has so far promised to increase the costs on protection by 227 to 5.3 per cent to 8.3 per cent – in the next Parliament (after 2 After), “ambition” is “ambition” – it is unclear whether it is further raising plans.
NATO’s European Union leadership
In March, the UK’s Financial Times newspaper said that if Trump pulls out one -sided outside NATO, European countries are planning to increase the role of their leadership.
The paper states that Britain, France, Germany and Nordic were involved in informal but structured discussions on the financial restructuring of the block to reflect more European expenses, and they hoped to introduce a plan in the United States before the Summit.
Although Trump did not say that the US will leave NATO, Washington’s angry seat has seen the European Union in parentheses for a hard drawdown from the alliance. The discussion on the Possible proposal of the EU may touch.
Earlier, the United States is estimated to have spent 3.19 percent of GDP’s rescue in 224, when all members initially promised to increase the cost of Russia after the Russian Crime Peninsula.
According to FT reports, the EU will increase the cost of about five to 10 years to change the current American capacity.
