First day of the NATO Public Forum at the NATO Summit 2025 in The Hague.
*Exciting music plays*
*Applause*
We see footage of people and press arriving at the NATO Public Forum.
Donna Farizan – Contributor, Today Show, NBC:
Good morning everyone, and a warm welcome from The Hague. The NATO Public Forum brings together voices from government, civil society, industry, media and youth.
Mark Rutte – NATO Secretary General:
We are living in much more dangerous times and we have to make sure that we defend our beautiful way of life and systems and our values.
Admiral Pierre Vandier – Supreme Allied Commander Transformation:
Multi-domain operations is not only linking the five domains land, air, the maritime, the space and cyber. If we want to be resilient, we need to think as a whole society. It's why you have 1.5% which is dedicated to a global approach.
Margus Tsahkna – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia:
Digitalisation is not actually a threat. It gives a lot more opportunities to run your own societies, even if you are under heavy attacks.
Matthew Whitaker – Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO:
The innovation, the defence manufacturing base, all of those things working together, we're going to have a strong alliance. And most importantly, that strength is what's going to deliver peace for generations to come.
*Music plays*
Mark Rutte – NATO Secretary General:
We have to make sure that whatever the long term ceasefire or the peace deal in Ukraine will be, that it is lasting, that it is durable.
John Healey – Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom:
The one thing that is important to me is that we don't jeopardise that peace by forgetting about the war. The number one priority is to stand with and support and strengthen Ukraine in the fight.
The NATO-summit 2025 logo appears on a blue background.
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On-screen text: NATO Public Forum.
Logo’s of ‘Atlantische Commissie’, Clingendael Institute and The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies appear on screen.