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Defence Minister Sklenár ahead of NATO Summit in Vilnius: Alliance is to put a modern and practical strategy in place for effective defence

Ministry of Defence of The Slovak Republic

11.07.2023

As part of the Slovak Delegation to the NATO Vilnius Summit led by the President of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Čaputová, Defence Minister Martin Sklenár has today departed for Lithuania. According to the head of the SVK MOD, the summit will provide an opportunity to clearly articulate Slovakia's interests in scaling up SVK defence capabilities and the Alliance's collective defence.

As the Defence Minister himself put it, "there are three strong themes for Slovakia". These include the strengthening of the Alliance's ability to react with flexibility to a potential armed attack on any one member, the delivery of the Defence Investment Pledge to invest 2% of GDP annually on defence as a floor, and the NATO-Ukraine relationship with Ukraine's future gradual integration into NATO's structures.

Speaking ahead of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Defence Minister Martin Sklenár said: "The most important output of the summit will be the adoption of NATOʼs new defence plans that will speak of where, when, how and with what forces NATO member states will defend themselves together against the existing threats. This will take the Allianceʼs strength to a new level."

To support this aim, enhancing Slovakia's preparedness to tackle the threats of today and the future will involve making investments in defence capabilities and infrastructure, military mobility, and the provision of logistical support to forces bolstering our defences through the Alliance's collective defence arrangements, according to Sklenár.