(3 Apr 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brussels – 3 April 2025
++STARTS ON SOUNDBITE++
1. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, UK Foreign Minister:
"But NATO will have to be fairer, it will have to ensure that it is more lethal in the years ahead and that it’s stronger in the years ahead. And that means that we will have to increase spending, that we will have to produce more and that we will have to deliver more, that’s what we will be discussing over the coming days. In the UK, we have committed to increase defending and it is hugely important that all allies step up, particularly in Europe, over this next period."
++BLACK FRAMES++
2. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, UK Foreign Minister:
"Russia continues to rain down bombs on Ukrainian families, on Ukrainian armed soldiers and of course on Ukrainian’s infrastructure. And they are dragging out and obfuscating all efforts to negotiate. (Russian President, Vladimir) Putin, we see you. And it’s hugely important that NATO allies come together to place more economic pressure on Russia so that they respond and are responsive to the negotiation attempts that (U.S) President (Donald) Trump has set out."
++BLACK FRAMES++
3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, UK Foreign Minister: ++ENDS ON LAMMY WALKING AWAY FROM MEDIA++
"This is a consequential meeting for NATO foreign ministers. This is an extraordinary geopolitical moment and it’s hugely important that this most important of alliances in the 20th century and now at the beginning of the 21st century, remains fit for purpose and remains the strongest alliance coming together to ensure the security, not just of the family in the Atlantic but of much of the global community. Thank you very much indeed."
STORYLINE:
UK Foreign Minister David Lammy addressed media outside a gathering of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels on Thursday, stating that the alliance needs to satay "fit for purpose" in the changing geopolitical environment.
"This is a consequential meeting for NATO foreign ministers," Lammy said.
"NATO will have to be fairer, it will have to ensure that it is more lethal in the years ahead and that it’s stronger in the years ahead," he added.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker are also attending the meeting, at which many are hoping Rubio will shed light on U.S. security plans in Europe.
European allies and Canada are deeply concerned by U.S. President Donald Trump’s readiness to draw closer to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who sees NATO as a threat.
AP video shot by Ahmad Seir
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