The NATO summit in The Hague officially recognized Russia as a long-term threat to Euro-Atlantic security. This decision was made with the support of US President Donald Trump.
This was reported by European Pravda with reference to the summit declaration.
NATO summit officially recognizes Russia as a threat: details
The Alliance's brief five-point resolution cites the Russian threat as the main reason for NATO member states' increased defence spending.
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“We know there is a threat from Russia, short term, long term, whatever, but there is a threat from Russia, and we have to make sure that we can defend ourselves,” said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
It is worth noting that this year Russia became the only state mentioned in the NATO decision as a threat.
The document does not even mention China, despite the US focus on the Chinese issue.
The decision was made by consensus, and therefore it was supported by all member states of the North Atlantic bloc, including Washington.
This means official recognition by all 32 NATO countries that Russia poses a systemic threat to the security of the Euro-Atlantic region.
In addition, the document effectively enshrines a new level of defense commitments for member countries, increasing the minimum spending threshold from the current 2% to 5% of GDP over the next decade.
Let us recall that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that he does not consider Russia a threat to NATO, although the official position of the North Atlantic bloc is fundamentally different from his views.
In addition, Orban spoke out against Ukraine's membership in the Alliance and stated that his task was to prevent this.
