We, the Heads of State and Government of the North Atlantic
Alliance, have gathered in Madrid as war has returned to the European
continent. We face a critical time for
our security and international peace and stability. We stand together in unity and solidarity and
reaffirm the enduring transatlantic bond between our nations. NATO is a defensive Alliance and poses no
threat to any country. NATO remains the
foundation of our collective defence and the essential forum for security
consultations and decisions among Allies.
Our commitment to the Washington Treaty, including Article 5, is
iron-clad. In this radically changed
security environment, this Summit marks a milestone in strengthening our
Alliance and accelerating its adaptation.
We are united in our commitment to democracy, individual
liberty, human rights, and the rule of law.
We adhere to international law and to the purposes and principles of the
Charter of the United Nations. We are
committed to upholding the rules-based international order.
We condemn Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in the
strongest possible terms. It gravely
undermines international security and stability. It is a blatant violation of international
law. Russia’s appalling cruelty has
caused immense human suffering and massive displacements, disproportionately
affecting women and children. Russia
bears full responsibility for this humanitarian catastrophe. Russia must enable safe, unhindered, and
sustained humanitarian access. Allies
are working with relevant stakeholders in the international community to hold
accountable all those responsible for war crimes, including conflict-related
sexual violence. Russia has also
intentionally exacerbated a food and energy crisis, affecting billions of
people around the world, including through its military actions. Allies are working closely to support
international efforts to enable exports of Ukrainian grain and to alleviate the
global food crisis. We will continue to
counter Russia’s lies and reject its irresponsible rhetoric. Russia must immediately stop this war and
withdraw from Ukraine. Belarus must end
its complicity in this war.
We warmly welcome President Zelenskyy’s participation in
this Summit. We stand in full solidarity
with the government and the people of Ukraine in the heroic defence of their
country. We reiterate our unwavering
support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity
within its internationally recognised borders extending to its territorial
waters. We fully support Ukraine’s
inherent right to self-defence and to choose its own security
arrangements. We welcome efforts of all
Allies engaged in providing support to Ukraine.
We will assist them adequately, recognising their specific situation.
We continue to face distinct threats from all strategic
directions. The Russian Federation is
the most significant and direct threat to Allies’ security and to peace and
stability in the Euro-Atlantic area.
Terrorism, in all its forms and manifestations, continues to pose a
direct threat to the security of our populations, and to international
stability and prosperity. We
categorically reject and condemn terrorism in the strongest possible
terms. With determination, resolve, and
in solidarity, Allies will continue to counter Russian threats and respond to
its hostile actions and to fight terrorism, in a manner consistent with
international law.
We are confronted by cyber, space, and hybrid and other
asymmetric threats, and by the malicious use of emerging and disruptive
technologies. We face systemic
competition from those, including the People’s Republic of China, who challenge
our interests, security, and values and seek to undermine the rules-based
international order. Instability beyond
our borders is also contributing to irregular migration and human trafficking.
Against this backdrop, we have taken the following
decisions:
We have endorsed a new Strategic Concept. It describes the security environment facing
the Alliance, reaffirms our values, and spells out NATO’s key purpose and
greatest responsibility of ensuring our collective defence based on a
360-degree approach. It further sets out
NATO’s three core tasks of deterrence and defence; crisis prevention and
management; and cooperative security. In
the years to come, it will guide our work in the spirit of our transatlantic
solidarity.
We will continue and further step up political and practical
support to our close partner Ukraine as it continues to defend its sovereignty
and territorial integrity against Russian aggression. Jointly with Ukraine, we have decided on a
strengthened package of support. This
will accelerate the delivery of non-lethal defence equipment, improve Ukraine’s
cyber defences and resilience, and support modernising its defence sector in
its transition to strengthen long-term interoperability. In the longer term, we will assist Ukraine,
and support efforts on its path of post-war reconstruction and reforms.
We have set a new baseline for our deterrence and defence
posture. NATO will continue to protect
our populations and defend every inch of Allied territory at all times. We will build on our newly enhanced posture,
and significantly strengthen our deterrence and defence for the long term to
ensure the security and defence of all Allies.
We will do so in line with our 360-degree approach, across the land,
air, maritime, cyber, and space domains, and against all threats and
challenges. NATO’s role in the fight
against terrorism is an integral part of this approach. Allies have committed to deploy additional
robust in-place combat-ready forces on our eastern flank, to be scaled up from
the existing battlegroups to brigade-size units where and when required,
underpinned by credible rapidly available reinforcements, prepositioned
equipment, and enhanced command and control.
We welcome the cooperation between Framework Nations and Host Nations in
strengthening forces and command and control, including in establishing
division-level structures. We welcome
the initial offers by Allies to NATO’s new force model, which will strengthen
and modernise the NATO Force Structure and will resource our new generation of
military plans. We will enhance our
collective defence exercises to be prepared for high intensity and multi-domain
operations and ensure reinforcement of any Ally on short notice. All these steps will substantially strengthen
NATO’s deterrence and forward defences.
This will help to prevent any aggression against NATO territory by
denying any potential adversary success in meeting its objectives.
Resilience is a national responsibility and a collective
commitment. We are enhancing our resilience,
including through nationally-developed goals and implementation plans, guided
by objectives developed by Allies together.
We are also strengthening our energy security. We will ensure reliable energy supplies to
our military forces. We will accelerate
our adaptation in all domains, boosting our resilience to cyber and hybrid
threats, and strengthening our interoperability. We will employ our political and military
instruments in an integrated manner. We
have endorsed a new chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence
policy. We will significantly strengthen our cyber defences through enhanced
civil-military cooperation. We will also
expand partnership with industry. Allies
have decided, on a voluntary basis and using national assets, to build and
exercise a virtual rapid response cyber capability to respond to significant
malicious cyber activities.
We are establishing a Defence Innovation Accelerator and
launching a multinational Innovation Fund to bring together governments, the
private sector, and academia to bolster our technological edge. We have endorsed a strategy which will ensure
the seamless delivery of the next generation Airborne Warning & Control
System (AWACS) and related capabilities.
Climate change is a defining challenge of our time with a
profound impact on Allied security. It
is a threat multiplier. We have decided
on a goal to significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions by the NATO political
and military structures and facilities, while maintaining operational, military
and cost effectiveness. We will
integrate climate change considerations across all of NATO’s core tasks.
We emphasise the centrality of human security and are
ensuring that human security principles are integrated into our three core
tasks. We are advancing a robust Women,
Peace and Security agenda, and are incorporating gender perspectives across
NATO.
We have met here in Madrid with many of NATO’s
partners. We had valuable exchanges with
the Heads of State and Government of Australia, Finland, Georgia, Japan, the
Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Sweden, and Ukraine, as well as the President
of the European Council and the President of the European Commission. We welcomed the engagements with the Foreign
Ministers of Jordan and Mauritania, as well as the Defence Minister of Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
Taking into account our unprecedented level of cooperation
with the European Union, we will continue to further strengthen our strategic
partnership in a spirit of full mutual openness, transparency, complementarity,
and respect for the organisations’ different mandates, decision-making autonomy
and institutional integrity, and as agreed by the two organisations. Our common resolve in responding to Russia’s
war against Ukraine highlights the strength of this unique and essential
partnership. The participation of our
partners from the Asia-Pacific region, alongside other partners, demonstrated
the value of our cooperation in tackling shared security challenges.
We will further enhance our partnerships so that they
continue to meet the interests of both Allies and partners. We will discuss common approaches to global
security challenges where NATO’s interests are affected, share perspectives
through deeper political engagement, and seek concrete areas for cooperation to
address shared security concerns. We
will now move ahead with strengthening our engagement with existing and
potential new interlocutors beyond the Euro-Atlantic area.
In light of the changed security environment in Europe, we
have decided on new measures to step up tailored political and practical
support to partners, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, and the
Republic of Moldova. We will work with
them to build their integrity and resilience, develop capabilities, and uphold
their political independence. We will
also enhance our capacity-building support to partners from the South.
We reaffirm our commitment to NATO’s Open Door Policy. Today, we have decided to invite Finland and
Sweden to become members of NATO, and agreed to sign the Accession
Protocols. In any accession to the
Alliance, it is of vital importance that the legitimate security concerns of
all Allies are properly addressed. We
welcome the conclusion of the trilateral memorandum between Türkiye, Finland,
and Sweden to that effect. The accession
of Finland and Sweden will make them safer, NATO stronger, and the
Euro-Atlantic area more secure. The
security of Finland and Sweden is of direct importance to the Alliance,
including during the accession process.
We welcome the considerable progress on Allied defence
spending since 2014. In line with our
commitment in Article 3 of the Washington Treaty, we will further strengthen
our individual and collective capacity to resist all forms of attack. We reaffirm our commitment to the Defence
Investment Pledge in its entirety. We
will build on that pledge and decide next year on subsequent commitments beyond
2024. We will ensure that our political
decisions are adequately resourced. We
will build on the progress made to ensure that increased national defence
expenditures and NATO common funding will be commensurate with the challenges
of a more contested security order. Investing in our defence and key
capabilities is essential.
We pay tribute to all women and men who continue to serve
daily for our collective security, and honour all those who have sacrificed to
keep us safe.
We express our appreciation for the generous hospitality
extended to us by the Kingdom of Spain, on the 40th anniversary of its
accession to NATO. We look forward to
meeting again, in Vilnius, in 2023.
With our decisions today, we have firmly set the direction
for the Alliance’s continued adaptation.
NATO remains the strongest Alliance in history. Through our bond and our mutual commitment,
we will continue to safeguard the freedom and security of all Allies, as well
as our shared democratic values, now and for future generations.
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