Europe Berlin, dec 16 (reuters) -Europe must race to ensure it can better defend itself as new military threats could emerge by the end of the decade even as the focus of security ally the United States shifts towards the indo-pacfic, germany's defense minister said.
Germany's defense minister said Europe must step up to ensure that it can better protect itself, because by the end of the decade, new military threats could emerge even if the focus of the security ally, the United States, shifts to the Indo-Pacific region.
russia was hiking its weapons production considerably to sustain its invasion of ukraine, while also threatening the baltic states, georgia and moldova, boris pistorius was quoted as saying in an interview with welt am sonntag.
Boris PistoriusIn an interview with Le Monde on Sunday, Russia is significantly ramping up production to sustain its invasion of Ukraine, while also threatening the Baltic states, Georgia and Moldova. meanwhile the united states will likely reduce its military engagement in europe as it turns more towards the indo-pacfic.
At the same time, the United States is likely to reduce its military involvement in Europe and shift more to the Indo-Pacific region. "we europeans must engage more to ensure security on our own continent," said pistorius, noting however it would take time for the region to increase its own weapons production.
"We Europeans must be more involved to ensure the security of our own continent," Pistorius said. However, he noted that it will take time for the region to increase its own ** production. "we h**e about 5-8 years to catch up, in terms of armed forces, industry and society," he said.
"In terms of the military, industry and society, we have about 5-8 years to catch up," he said. ”europe is clear it may also need to compensate for u.s. aid for ukraine if washington fails to agree new funding, he added.
He added that Europe is well aware that it may also need to compensate the United States for its aid to Ukraine if the United States does not agree to provide new funding.
the election of a more europe-friendly government in poland should now enable the weimar **of berlin, paris and warsaw to develop more their military cooperation, he added.He added that Poland had chosen a more Europe-friendly **, which should allow the Weimar triangle of Germany, France and Poland to develop more military cooperation.
we need to figure out how best to set ourselves up on the eastern flank on the basis of nato defense plans," he said, noting he wanted to tr**el as soon as possible to poland next year.
"We need to figure out how best to deploy ourselves on the eastern flank, building on the NATO defense plan," he said. He noted that he hopes to travel to Poland as soon as possible next year.
pistorius said he did not foresee for the time being the german army repeating missions as big as those they carried out in afghanistan and mali.
Pistorius said he currently does not expect the German team to repeat the large-scale missions in Afghanistan and Mali.