The NATO Secretary General during a meeting with the Prime Minister of Iceland, spoke about the current developments in Ukraine.

“NATO is an Alliance of 30 different nations from both sides of the Atlantic, with different history, different geography. And of course, there are sometimes differences. But that"s also a strength. Because despite differences, we are always able to unite on our core tasks, to protect each other, to defend each other. And to stand together when we see a brutal violation of international law, as we now see in Ukraine.

And what we have done over the last weeks and months is to significantly increase our presence in the eastern part of the Alliance: in the Baltic countries, in Romania, in Poland.

We have increased the readiness of the NATO Response Force. We have activated the NATO defence plans so we can more easily move troops throughout Europe. And also further reinforce our presence in the East.

And then, NATO Allies are also providing significant support to Ukraine.

We are not part of the conflict. We will not be part of the conflict. NATO will not be on the ground, with forces, soldiers in Ukraine, and will not be in the airspace over Ukraine. But we support the Ukrainian government. And we support them with military. But also Allies also provide humanitarian support and financial support”, - said Jens Stoltenberg.