Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on the 8th (local time) agreed to newly raise 75 trillion won to respond to Russia's security threats and more. They also agreed that Iran must never possess nuclear weapons.
NATO leaders adopted the "Ankara summit declaration" at the NATO summit held in Ankara, Türkiye. The declaration includes a plan to newly raise more than $50 billion (about 75.4 trillion won).
In particular, they decided to remove trade barriers that block defense industry exchanges among allies and to increase cooperation among allies by leveraging NATO partnerships.
They also reconfirmed that allies are keeping the "Hague defense pledge." At the Hague summit last year, NATO agreed to increase defense spending to a total of 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035.
The declaration said, "NATO leaders gathered in Ankara to reaffirm their ironclad commitment to collective defense and the trans-Atlantic alliance," and, "European allies and Canada, in cooperation with the United States, are taking greater responsibility for the defense of the alliance."
It also said, "NATO's deterrence and defense are completed by the appropriate mix of nuclear, conventional, and missile defense capabilities, augmented by space and cyber assets," and, "Development of an interoperable trans-Atlantic theater combat cloud and the adoption of robust artificial intelligence (AI) models are also underway."
Regarding the U.S.-Iran dispute, NATO leaders "reiterated that Iran must never possess nuclear weapons."
On the war in Ukraine, they said, "We pledged to provide 70 billion euros (about 120.4 trillion won) in military equipment, support, and training this year," adding, "We will maintain at least the same level in 2027."