(4 Dec 2024)
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Brussels, Belgium – 4 December 2024
1. Mid of United Kingdom Foreign Secretary of State David Lammy
2. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary:
"We’re living in very dangerous times and as we look across the world with war here on our continent, in Europe, with the tremendous aggression that we’re seeing across the Middle East, with the hand of Iran so present in the Middle East and with this rising conflict in Sudan and now in Syria, there is one country whose hand is in so much of it, and that is Russia. And that is why, as we meet here discussing these important issues, it’s hugely important that we step up defence spending across NATO allies, particularly. In the United Kingdom, we are at 2.3%, heading to 2.5% as soon as we could get there. And we urge all allies across the NATO family to get serious about defence spending."
3. Close of a camera
4. Lammy leaving
5. Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna arriving
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Margus Tsahkna, Estonia’s Foreign Minister:
"Of course, I am not commenting exactly what happened yesterday in South Korea, but it was obvious that democracy worked very efficiently. So there was a voting in parliament. Parliament took a control over the constitutional situation, though. Now it’s a question what is going to follow?"
7. NATO country members’ flags
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Elina Valtonen, Finland’s Foreign Minister:
"Of course, I’m a little bit worried. And these scenes we are witnessing now in South Korea is not something anybody would have wanted to see. But we just hope that they will find a quick path to to stability, but also based on the values that we share. So democracy, the rule of law, and, of course, the freedom of people."
9. Wide of NATO country members’ flag
10. Poland’s Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski arriving
STORYLINE:
NATO foreign ministers continue their second day of meeting in Brussels focusing on its member countries’ security, Ukraine and reacting to the latest events in South Korea.
The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary of State David Lammy said on Wednesday NATO allies must step up their defence spending.
Other foreign miisters, including Margus Tshanka of Estonia and Elina Valtonen of Finland, were also reacting to the recent events in South Korea, as the country’s opposition parties submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his sudden decision to impose martial law.
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