Reference News Network, June 25 report - According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur, June 24 report, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on June 24 that it is "hard to imagine" that Russia could "surpass us in production" in this Western defense alliance.
The report stated that Rutte emphasized at a defense industry forum before the NATO summit in The Hague, "We need to do more."
Rutte emphasized: "Russia's economy is only one twenty-fifth of NATO's. It is simply unimaginable for it to surpass us in production and equipment."
He said: "We must spend more money to prevent war. We must win this new production war."
According to the report, to ensure that NATO can resist potential attacks from Russia, NATO allies have recently reached agreement on new military capability targets, which is the largest arms expansion since the Cold War.
Moscow, which has been fighting Ukraine for more than three years, is actively expanding its defense production, leading to concerns that Russia may be ready to attack NATO territory within a few years.
The report stated that NATO leaders are expected to officially approve raising defense-related spending to no less than 5% of economic output at the summit, in order to fund enhanced military capabilities. (Translated by Qing Songzhu)
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