[000:00:00;00] as well as regarding production. yes, we had a very thorough conversation, because it is very important that the supreme official should be involved in solving the issues of speeding up production and procurement in order to build and implement new mechanisms. i am sincerely grateful for the fact that we helped us to find out. managed to launch a cooperation mechanism between e-e at local levels, this will really strengthen our cooperation between manufacturers, contractors and beneficiaries. this is a triangle in which all things and processes will be as efficient as possible

it is very important to raise the issue of production capacity and delivery capacity. therefore, we very much need coordination on these issues. this is exactly what we discussed today. i also asked jens to make a schedule and appoint a new industrial forum and it would be very good if it could be held in the spring in order to gather all the representatives of the defense departments in order to open a dialogue and , accordingly, to have synergy in cooperation . about logistics we spent a lot of time discussing this issue, and the ukraine nato forum will continue to work on a regular basis. there are many issues

that need to be investigated and resolved. to go forward with one goal and this goal is the end of the war, which we would rather be the victory of ukraine . and the european union. we are standing here today for the first time in such a composition, and this is a clear signal of our unity. and this is the unity of long-term support for ukraine. we are here for the sake of helping ukraine. we have supported ukraine from the first day

of the full-scale invasion of russia against ukraine. hostile actions of russian aggression, but works together to provide ukraine with what it needs for its self-defense, and that is why today we confirm our unwavering support for ukraine and its territorial integrity, as well as the right to self-defense. so we came to the following conclusions. our conclusions from each meeting are even stronger and more radical, and therefore today our meeting was very important in order to coordinate exactly what mr. kuleba was talking about, to coordinate efforts to speed up and increase our support, it is very important to do everything so that the supremacy of law prevails over

the supremacy of force, and this is exactly the way we do it, this is the way that will help ukraine speed up the way to the victory of such situations when the worst evil showed its face by bombing hospitals spreading hunger in cities this is what russia does, it does everything, it does not make any effort towards peace, we are so much we call on him putin for peace and security she has nuclear weapons and despite all this, russia neglects the un charter by violating the borders of its peaceful ally and its peaceful neighbor ukraine has a sovereign right to self-defense against such an unprovoked act of aggression and we have the right

as a euro-atlantic community to support the victim we support the victim and not the aggressor supporting the aggressor is not written in the un charter ukraine needs all the help we can provide, starting with armaments and ammunition, they need everything now more than ever and really we are looking for ways to speed up deliveries from allied member countries to ukraine, for that we have a certain toolkit not yet a settlement that is doing great from the first day of the war also the european institutions managed to provide more than more armed for more than 12 billion dollars we are starting er we are implementing

educational initiatives we are trying to teach more than 30,000 troops by the end of the year, but we understand that this is not enough. we need to increase our efforts and support the ukrainian military, especially when it comes to e-munitions. tomorrow we will talk about other types of weapons in order to meet your needs, and therefore i think that this meeting will really give us the opportunity to develop better coordination procedures in order to support and continue actions that reflect our unity. so, let's start with questions, please, and represent the ukrainian content, mr. general secretary, what is yours

assessment of putin's current threats, how serious they are, i can quote if long-range weapons reach kyiv, the worse it will be, the worse it will be, the more serious russia will work to remove such a threat from the territory of russia. decisions will be made by the minister of defense next week, but ukraine needs ammunition today, can we expect speeding up the decision-making process, and the question is whether there is any information about what the the chinese peace formula may have some details from which we should expect. do you see the possibility that china, being a partner of russia , will now become our ally? what could

be the consequences for ukraine? today we saw that president putin is not preparing for peace, he is doing everything to fight on. he is preparing new attacks, he is mobilizing new soldiers, sending more weapons, and this is an indicator for us that we need to step up our efforts not only despite the tragedy that ukrainians are currently experiencing but also despite all this threat that putin poses to the entire civilized world, he emphasizes that for putin it is a war of choice and a war of aggression , russia itself decided to conquer its ally and of course ukraine has the right to defend itself, this is written in the un charter and we are allies of nato and members of the european union we have the right to help the victim to help ukraine - this is what we do, we provide ukraine, we are 100% trying to do everything possible for this

, we advise ukraine to understand what their urgent needs are and we do everything for in order to ensure that all the necessary systems that were promised in ukraine reach ukrainian soil as soon as possible . we also ensure the provision of artillery systems e-e systems of ppu. is their efficiency. we are also considering the question of how we can improve logistics routes and speed up the delivery of delivery, in particular, of its spare parts to those systems that have already been provided, that is, everything in order for ukraine had what it needed for self-defense, nato also has other tasks, in particular to act preventively in relation to when it comes to the escalation of the conflict, we actually act when a certain-scale invasion began. we

also activated our defense plans, we transferred many troops to our eastern and flanks, and we also strengthened the military naval bases. that is, we made every effort to protect, in particular, every centimeter of the land of the allied countries, therefore we will be with ukraine as long as it is necessary and we will provide everything that ukraine in order to stand, a quiet thank you with the representatives of the foreign ministers and the ministers of foreign affairs and also there will be another meeting soon. -members of the eu and

of course decisions are made at this level , but we have to prepare such decisions for adoption and accordingly we have to do it quickly understanding all their urgency spoke today and yesterday with the ministers of foreign affairs. yesterday i sent them a letter asking them to provide ammunition to ukraine from their stocks , what will happen to the industry, and also taking into account the contracts that have already been handed over and the production , we understand that all this takes time, we understand that our actions are measured in weeks and not months. that is, we have already sped up . therefore, the first thing we can do is to use what is available. the second is to speed up the production process or the procurement process. we

see that these steps have already been taken. member countries, because together we can speed up the process significantly, we are strengthening our defense potential, we are transferring, we see that the rate of ammunition use is faster than the rate of production and armament within the framework of such we see that we need to increase production so that our warehouses do not remain empty something this is how we use all the resources that are at our disposal, and that is why this is the goal of our strategic coordination to ensure a smooth process, this is very important in order to counteract such and such aggression as russia we must strengthen our security system and today, as mr. secretary general has already said, russia announced that it does not want to go to the post office, it does not

want to speed up peace, it disregards any peace treaties and security agreements , and that is why we have and that is why it is really important for us to strengthen the provision of aid as soon as possible, but we also understand that this process is long-term, we must now focus on the most urgent issues eh so we had a meeting with eh representative of china and to high-ranking officials by the former minister of foreign affairs of china. he spoke about some of the main fields - the main provisions of the formula of the chinese peace formula. i would really like to see the whole text, of course, you cannot draw any conclusions just by hearing some general provisions, so i would like to read this in detail document and we will do it. as soon as we receive it accordingly, then we

will be ready to announce the conclusions. we have seen that president zelenskyi has already proposed his formula to the peace. it consisted of 10 points and it is extremely comprehensive for us, the peace formula remains the one proposed by our president in accordance with our priorities. when it comes to the chinese position, i want to say that the main thing that is common to china and ukraine is not only an element, it is such a cornerstone , it is a principle territories of integrity, that is, what china is doing and will do in the context of russian aggression against ukraine, if we look at it from a political point of view and look at their actions, then accordingly all this should be is aimed at protecting ukrainian territorial integrity, because if

any country in the world can help russia to destroy the territorial integrity of ukraine, we understand that such and such a principle is simply neglected, and then their message is very clear and the side they are on is also very clear secretary so, a new beginning, as far as what we hear around us, we need to be more afraid, mr. minister. an event within the framework of the countries of another country of the whole world, whatever your message might be, your message to the countries outside

the collective event, also questions about increasing concern about china. nato or the european union what is really the problem with further deliveries of more nuclear weapons and we understand that the world will become more dangerous this is why nato is working so hard to ensure peace and control of their use weapons and therefore when we talk about a new launch of the usual we call on our a-a representatives of russia not to resort to such actions and to move to new agreements on the control of the use of weapons with an intermediatetrang mentality to withdraw er-e about

agreements on the use of treaties that were treaties on the use of weapons which was adopted a few years ago and accordingly there are certain provisions that er-er show which strategic gathering cannot be used under appropriate conditions, this is an example of the fact that we are already moving away from systems of the architectural system with the use and control of weapons and we needed decades before such decisions could be made step by step, and we see that russia has in fact simply crossed out all our achievements with its actions, and the actions that it is now taking for the world only emphasize this danger which everyone is russia, in particular, is leveling the international order and the like

. so, first i want to talk about the world south. so, i think that what to say about the fact that someone supports ukraine , who is not entirely accurate, if we look on the results of the last resolution that was adopted in october 2022, 143 votes, that is, many countries from what we call the global rooster supported ukraine and condemned the aggression, so the situation is not really black and white, so you are right that most of the efforts must be made in order to attract support attract support more countries and therefore we are really working to gain the support of the southern hemisphere in addition to the southern hemisphere therefore of course when we talk about the involvement of such countries

it is definitely a question within the framework of attracting resources and humanitarian aid, that's how it is. on the agenda of the discussion during our joint e-e meetings, yes, we should continue to knock on the countries of the south, in addition to the south, this is not only about ukraine, because it is about world security, about order and rules that also protect you that is, we are now defending the values ​​here in ukraine, and if we don't stop the aggressor here in ukraine, accordingly, then you will have to fight, and that's why oh, my message is very simple, the longer this war lasts, the less it will be the more understanding there will be regarding this issue regarding china, i want to admit that i have excellent personal relations with high-ranking officials , they are the leader, minus the minister of foreign affairs

of spain, i and i worked fruitfully with the then minister of foreign affairs of china, and so we had a conversation in munich, and he position was quite clear. i can't even repeat his words. he claimed that china does not provide weapons to the aggressor. china does not support russia in such a military plan. this is what he told me, clearly emphasizing that this is the principle of their foreign policy of foreign policy and therefore if there are any concerns of course he asked somehow so strangely and why do you suspect me of providing weapons to russia if you provide weapons to ukraine and i explained to him that in fact it is about radically different countries, we support the victim and not the aggressor so this is what

the representative of china told me and as far as i understand at the moment there is no evidence that they are doing something that they deny so going back to the joint procurement process so, this is the first time you are working here in such a composition. and it is good that such a mechanism of coordination of efforts is now starting. but is it not too late, because the war has already been going on for almost a year ? i have a question for mr. borelayu.

billions of dollars to the common fund and to speed up podsinberg's question about a-a is very deep and the gap between what people write that they do not need and what is provided to ukraine, how can we strengthen the contracts so that they work, what it is actually about the manufacture of weapons. the first thing you do is go, that is, the first thing you do is go to your stocks. and look at what is in the warehouses in ukraine, and this is what we did. we did it in ukraine, in nato, and in the eu countries . let's be honest, of course, no one in this world expected that the war will drag on for so long and of course the situation has become obvious that the production must be expanded and

it seems to me that at the end of the summer i just spoke about this issue and a lot of factories started the production of weapons and ammunition which is necessary not only for ukraine but also for and in order to replenish the reserves of the allies who provide us with weapons, but not enough was done and that is why we are here today. it is obvious that if you ask me about any question whether enough has been done, then i will honestly answer that of course not if we have already won the war and i would be standing here i would say so and this has its own pimples so everything was given we did everything that was necessary and we won but since we have not won yet i will say that this is not enough i do not want

to somehow underestimate the personal effort the leadership of my visavi in ​​their efforts no i am sure that of course years after this after this conference it will be very, very interesting to read the memoirs of each participant yes regarding the provision or er consideration of the provision of this or that weapon it will be very interesting to learn such insights but now we we are standing here in order to speed up everything that is needed , the actual communication between the manufacturer who is ready to produce and the buyer who is ready to sign contracts, so after talking with representatives of the defense departments, there is such a big gap and it is very obvious, but

it is very important to say that this is not about the political will of the purchaser, it is, unfortunately, a lack of procedures and understanding of how everything should work. and that is why we are here for that, and we are meeting with the heads of the defense departments. we are coordinating our mechanisms in order to speed up and to improve the overall result, we start a so-called so-called pipeline that would work very well in order for the off-peak situation to work like a swiss watch in europe so it er requires effort between people like as i am from my colleagues and yes, we need to raise issues as soon as possible and solve them only for us it is more important when we talk about the time of production of weapons on chiryal people's anger so we cannot say that at that time the production

corresponds to the urgency on the front line in any case it is necessary to speed up because the european peace settlement tool is much more flexible than we expected, in particular, and in the budgetary issue it is not part of the european intergovernmental budget, the members of the governments must decide for themselves how they will increase financing and they already decided that some time ago they decided how much they will increase the percentage of their gdp in investing in the defense sector, so everyone understands that

the procedure is complex . and this depends on the political will of each and every member state, and in fact we are doing it now, we are trying to speed it up. but in order to provide this to ukraine through the european security instrument we have been doing this since the beginning of the war, we are asking the member countries to hand over their weapons and ammunition to ukraine, and now it is important to speed up as much as possible in order for the industries to work, and of course when we started cooperating with the industries in the fall, no one knew how long the war would last, but everyone started our production

to the maximum. at the beginning, we actually looked at what we had in stock, then we realized that the level of use of this is much higher than the speed of production, and therefore we started the process on a permanent basis manufacturing is not that we have figured something out now no, this is what we talked about a few months ago, we strengthened our industries and of course the usa, france, norway signed contracts with the relevant productions but we just need to speed up and do more and that is why we are here today thinking how can we mobilize our efforts within the framework of weapons production and, in particular , improve the procedures themselves, because projects with large investments are usually sometimes large, so we are considering how we

can do it as much as possible so that all this it worked transparently with the appropriate level of responsibility so that's exactly why yes we work like that within the framework of our agencies our structures this is how we work with the european union and with ukraine directly within the framework of the group of three this is because we involved our experts in order to understand what we need to do and where we need to strengthen in order to shorten the terms of deliveries and production of weapons, therefore, thanks to such actions , we are strengthening ukraine's efforts, in particular, in procurement, therefore, we took many steps together in order to ensure sufficient the amount of ammunition and weapons, in particular, what is in the warehouses and what we provide to ukraine at the last moment, and how we knock on

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