NATO prepares to coordinate aid to Ukraine in the face of Trump’s possible return

The foreign ministers of the NATO agreed this Wednesday to work for the Alliance to play a more important role in coordinating assistance and training for security Ukrainewith the possibility that the Republican donald trump return to the The White House as a background.

“Today, the allies agreed to advance planning so that the NATO play a greater role in coordinating security assistance and training”said the secretary general of alliance, Jens Stoltenbergat a press conference at the end of the first day of the ministers’ meeting in Brussels.

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He Norwegian politician He assured that the details of the initiative will take shape in the coming weeks.

As the Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs said today, Hadja Lahbibthe proposal to Stoltenberg includes the creation of a fund for Ukraine with 100 billion euros over five years.

“I can’t go into details proposals“, he indicated, but stressed that they will develop “a more robust and durable institutional framework to support Ukraine”.

Currently, the coordination of international military aid for Ukraine centralize it U.S with a group of fifty countries, known as “Rammstein Group”.

“We are now discussing how we can establish a framework for NATO more solid and institutional around it” and for help “to be more predictable in the long term and also to ensure a fair distribution of burdens.”

He hopes that, now that the allies have started discussing planning, there can be a decision on the matter at the summit to be held by the leaders of the NATO in July in washington.

Stoltenberg declined to answer whether the implementation of this initiative protects the support of allies in the event of trump win the presidential elections in U.S in November, but the Republican has already guaranteed that he will not maintain funding for Kiev if he is elected.

The allied secretary general also recalled today that the fact that there was no agreement in the US Congress – due to the refusal of the Republicans – on the continuation of this support for Kiev “has consequences”, such as the Ukrainians having to “ration the number of projectiles of artillery.”

“Ukrainians are not running out of courage, they are running out of ammunition”stressed, and assured that “Economic support for Ukraine is not charity, it is an investment in security.”

The Belgian minister said they will evaluate the proposal Stoltenberg but, at the same time, warned that “It is dangerous to make promises we cannot keep.”

Countries such as Latvia, Poland and Canada celebrated the initiative and the Estonian minister, Margus TsahknaI was even more insistent that if each ally invests 0.25% of its GDP every year in military support for Ukraine, as the country does, it will have 120,000 million euros annually in total, which would be “enough for Ukraine to win the war.” .

He added that they will not send troops to Ukraine “why Ukraine he didn’t ask for them”: “We have all the money in the world. It’s the biggest and cheapest way to support Ukraine”he claimed.

The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albareswas in favor of there being a greater “predictability”in delivering funds to Ukraine, but given the proposal to create a multi-year financial fund to support Kyiv asked to avoidduplicities” with the European Union.

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75th anniversary

Allied ministers celebrate this Thursday with a ceremony at the headquarters of Alliance the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of washingtonfor which NATO.

“It’s an alliance stronger and more united than ever“said the US Secretary of State today, Anthony Blinkenwho said they would already be working on this for the next 75 years “This alliance continues to be what until now, the most successful in history”.

“It is based on the principle that we all protect each other. It’s the most effective way to prevent aggression from occurring“, he said Blink in collective defense, the cornerstone of NATO.

But he warned that this requires a “constant effort“, whereby “We will ensure,” he noted, “that everyone takes care of their responsibilities.”

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