NATO
(asked on 5th July 2016) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to fulfil Article 2 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
This question was answered on 11th July 2016
NATO Summits do not formally discuss Articles of the Washington Treaty as items of their formal agenda. However, the importance of strong institutions at national level was reflected in several of the themes and topics addressed at the Warsaw Summit on 8-9 July. For example, Allies reaffirmed their commitment to achieving the NATO defence investment targets agreed at the 2014 Wales Summit through national action plans; to improving NATO-EU cooperation in support of a comprehensive approach to security; and to building resilience in the face of hybrid threats, also requiring strong national institutions. NATO remains at the heart of UK defence and security policy and we are at the forefront of NATO’s efforts to modernise and adapt to today’s threat picture. We continue to work through NATO with our key allies across the globe to multiply the effects of our own determined approach, to project stability and increase our collective security, including in line the aims of with Article 2 of the Washington Treaty.
NATO Summits do not formally discuss Articles of the Washington Treaty as items of their formal agenda. However, the importance of strong institutions at national level was reflected in several of the themes and topics addressed at the Warsaw Summit on 8-9 July. For example, Allies reaffirmed their commitment to achieving the NATO defence investment targets agreed at the 2014 Wales Summit through national action plans; to improving NATO-EU cooperation in support of a comprehensive approach to security; and to building resilience in the face of hybrid threats, also requiring strong national institutions. NATO remains at the heart of UK defence and security policy and we are at the forefront of NATO’s efforts to modernise and adapt to today’s threat picture. We continue to work through NATO with our key allies across the globe to multiply the effects of our own determined approach, to project stability and increase our collective security, including in line the aims of with Article 2 of the Washington Treaty.