NATO Secretary General with the President of Finland 🇫🇮 Alexander Stubb, 06 JUN 2024

Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with Alexander Stubb, President of Finland, 6 June 2024.

🗣 | NATO Secretary General:

Thank you so much.
President Stubb, dear Alex,
It's great to see you again.
I also very well remember when we met when you were Foreign Minister.
I was Prime Minister at that time. It was hard of believe that Finland was going to become a member of NATO.
And even harder to believe that you were going to be the President and I was going to be the Secretary General of NATO.
But now we're here together.
So, it's hard to predict the path of two people like you and me. But it's great to be here. And thank you for hosting me and my delegation.

It has been two very interesting days where we have really got a better and deeper understanding of how Finland is really a highly valued and very capable NATO Ally. The membership in NATO makes Finland safer and NATO stronger.

And the briefing today with your Chief of Defence, with your top generals, demonstrates how Finland is an Ally with well-trained and well-equipped, large numbers of forces:
Air, sea, and land.
And also, your deep knowledge of Russia. And of course, the fact that by having Finland as a member, NATO has doubled its border with Russia.

And then you are an Ally that spends 2% of GDP on defence.
So, we really welcome the fact that Finland now is a full member of the Alliance.
And we also welcome the fact that we are moving very well on integrating Finland into all the NATO structures, the NATO defence plans and everything that we do together.

Then, we also welcome the many Finnish contributions to NATO missions and operations.
Just actually this week, you started to do air policing out of Romania.
That's yet another example of how you contribute to our shared security to our collective defence.

And then, Finland plays a key role in providing support to Ukraine.
You have delivered a significant amount of military support.
You have provided around 2 billion euros in military aid.
And as you mentioned, Alex, we will discuss at the NATO Summit and in the preparations for the NATO Summit, how to ensure that we stand by Ukraine for as long as it takes.
Over the last months, we have seen some gaps, some delays in the provision of military support to Ukraine.
We need to ensure that that doesn't happen again.
And that's the reason why we are now working in NATO on how to establish a NATO mission for Ukraine.
And also, how to agree a long-term financial pledge to ensure that Ukraine gets the predictability and accountability they need when it comes to military support from NATO Allies to Ukraine.

And lastly, the stronger our long-term commitment is for Ukraine, the sooner the war can end.
Because then Moscow will understand they cannot wait us out.

So, for all these reasons, we really welcome what you personally do.
What Finland does for the Alliance.
This really helps make the most successful and the strongest Alliance in history even stronger and even more successful.

So, I'm looking forward to continue to work with you and not least to be together with you at the NATO Summit in Washington in July.

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[adoatero]

As a Finn it's nice to hear that Finland's integration to NATO has gone well and has advanced far, especially considering what kind of times we are currently living in.

[Scaleyback]

That these two can work so comfortably together is a good basis for building a healthy future for both enttities. Hope other members can find it within themselves to be be as reliable, loyal and easy to work with. Hope that is taken on board by Hungary. Also hope Trump is taking notice of how well some members can work together without the need for threats.

[DardaniaLion]

Good job Nato to take Finland and Sweden into the love.

[josephamon]

F- freedom
I- independent
N- nation
L- loving people
A- allied of
N- NATO
D- defense....

Salute to Finland..❤🎉frm Philippines

[ChuckyRed]

"We put our $ where our mouth is". I loved it. That was really a jab to the NATO secretary.

[rloduwick]

Finland is more than an equal on nato your not Ireland you value your defence well earned your membership

[scottharris]

I’m impressed with the new Finnish president. As he recently stated in an interview regarding their recent inclusion to NATO, he sees Finland as a security provider rather than a security requester.

[uvqpsdx]

Our best allie Finland. Welcome to NATO, your strenght allow more attraction to freedom in Europe.🌍🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇪🇺

[BlueIcebergz]

Mister President of Presidents, thank you for protecting democracy !

[paulkruse]

Accept Ukraine into NATO, , and than set a deadline for Russia to withdraw entirely out of Ukraine, , the war will than stop !

[camrenwick]

NATO prevents war by deterrence, I'm a veteran of NATO during the Cold war. We kept the peace.

[mrbrand]

Sounds and looking good .
Regards from Sweden

[faisalhussainmohammed]

NATO Founders & NATO New Members !!! 🤔🤔🤔

[ariasabe]

Imagine if politicians had to fight the wars they started 🤔

[grahamhodgson]

NATO is united and stronger then ever.

[shannybeautifulchannel]

Mashallah wen is Ukraine become part NATO

[lucabaki]

Most beautiful flag in the world -> 🇪🇺

[thedudefromrobloxx]

Lausujalla on jotenki jäällä kuorrutettu ääni

[IIIw]

NATO Secretary General always seems so stressed. How hard could his job possibly be.

[kimmoj]

Its over for "Rally England". Our new President talks 5 languages. 3 of them like native. He can order dinner in restaurant in additional half dozen languages. BTW When Finn prononciation is quite horrible, we understand quite well. Our native language is from totally different language group than Indo-European languages. Totally unrelated what British, Swedes, Germans, Italians, etc, etc talk. It makes it bit challenging.... Stubb has head start, being from Swedish language minority of Finland.