NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization held a meeting by the Defense Minister for the summit meeting at the end of this month, confirming the policy to significantly strengthen the defense posture in eastern Europe.
NATO held a defense ministers' meeting at its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, for two days until the 16th.
At a press conference after the meeting, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that Russia's military invasion of Ukraine called for a long-term response, and said that the summit scheduled for the end of this month would be "NATO. We will make a decision to strengthen. We are confident that it will be a summit that will change NATO. "
At this defense ministers' meeting, NATO has deployed in eight countries, including three Baltic countries, Poland, and Romania, to discuss the defense posture of countries in eastern Europe that are closer to Russia and are more strongly threatened with security. He confirmed the policy of strengthening the multinational force in terms of both scale and responsiveness.
At the summit meeting at the end of this month, NATO will decide on efforts to enhance its own deterrence and defense, as well as long-term support for Ukraine.
In addition, the "strategic concept" that sets out the guidelines for NATO's activities for the next 10 years will be adopted, and it is expected to include strengthening cooperation with partner countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan.