NATO Secretary General with the President of Finland 🇫🇮 Alexander Stubb, 17 NOV 2025

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Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with Alexander Stubb, President of Finland, 17 November 2025. 🗣 | NATO Secretary General: President Stubb, dear Alex, Welcome back to NATO Headquarters. You were the first Allied leader to visit after I took office last year and it’s always great to see you. Finland is a valued Ally. Your membership strengthens NATO’s deterrence and defence. And Finland can count on your NATO Allies to stand beside you. Finland has always recognised the importance of security, and you know what it takes to deliver it. You spent over 2.4% of GDP on defence last year, and will spend over 2.7% this year. And together with Sweden, you are establishing a new NATO Forward Land Force in Finland that will further reinforce NATO’s posture. And of course, I welcome the new Multi-Corps Land Component Command in Mikkeli, which will plan, prepare and run the activities of NATO land forces in Northern Europe. Finland contributes to Air Policing – over Iceland this February and Romania last year. And most recently you deployed a counter-drone detachment in support of Denmark. You also contribute to Baltic Sentry – which we launched in January in Helsinki to address threats to our critical undersea infrastructure. This effort has been remarkably effective, and it is a valuable complement to the work that Finland and other Allies around the Baltic undertake in their national capacities. Finnish expertise in the High North is crucial. Last week, the Deputy Secretary General joined the first Arctic Space Forum in Helsinki, to advance work on space-based capabilities and strengthen deterrence, resilience and situational awareness in the Arctic. Russia continues to wage a war of aggression against Ukraine. Ukraine continues to defend itself with courage. Allied support – Finland’s support – is making a difference. Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, you have provided roughly 3.8 billion Euros in support, including more than 2.8 billion in military aid: artillery, armoured vehicles, air defence and ammunition. This year, you launched a three-year programme to supply Ukraine with materiel from Finland’s defence industry. Along with Baltic and other Nordic Allies, you helped start a new initiative to train and equip a Ukrainian brigade. And you recently committed 100 million Euros to the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List, PURL, enabling the delivery of urgently needed military equipment from the United States to Ukraine. Economic pressure also matters. The latest European sanctions, along with US and UK measures against Russia’s largest oil companies, will further constrain the Kremlin’s war machine. Deterrence and defence are the bedrock of our security. Together, we are demonstrating readiness and resolve. We are making sure that more capabilities are available, whenever and wherever needed – on land, at sea and in the air. And we are working with industry to secure the technology, systems and ammunition required to defend every inch of Allied territory. Our priorities are clear: to deliver on Allied defence spending; to boost defence industrial capacity; and to maintain our unwavering support to Ukraine. So Alex, thank you for your friendship, your leadership and for Finland’s steadfast commitment to our common security. The floor is yours. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ SUBSCRIBE to this channel https://bit.ly/NATOsubscribe SUBSCRIBE to NATO News https://bit.ly/NATONewsSubscribe SUBSCRIBE to NATO History https://bit.ly/NATOHistorySubscribe Connect with NATO online: Visit the Official NATO Homepage: https://bit.ly/NATOhomepage Receive NATO updates via email: https://bit.ly/NATOemails Find NATO on FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/NATOfacebook Follow @NATO on X/TWITTER: https://bit.ly/NATOtwitter Follow NATO on Instagram: https://bit.ly/NATOinstagram Find NATO on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NATOlinkedin Find NATO on Flickr: https://bit.ly/NATOflickr #NATO #OTAN #Finland

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