NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that “we have doubled the battlegroups to 8 and expanded their areas of influence from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea”, explaining that “there will be more presence in the east of NATO and its air, land and sea defense system.

Stoltenberg indicated during a press conference ahead of the NATO ministerial meeting that “Ukraine needs heavy weapons and intelligence equipment, and we have provided billions of dollars in support”, stressing that “we are committed to securing the military equipment that Ukraine needs to win. , including heavy and long-range weapons. We will extend an invitation to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to attend the next NATO summit in Madrid in two weeks.

He believed that “Russia’s war has led to a food and energy crisis, and in such a world we need to strengthen NATO and our partners,” and added: “We need collective investment from allied countries to counter the Russian threat, and allies are increasingly involved in maneuvers “.

The NATO Secretary General underlined: “We will take into account the security concerns of all NATO countries in connection with the decision of Sweden and Finland to join the alliance”, and continued: “We are in constant contact with Sweden and Finland, and I welcome their willingness to address the concerns Turkey about terrorism.