NPA, Alm.del - 2020-21 - Bilag 8: Letter from NATO PA Psdt re NATO 2030 Report

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THE PRESIDENT

LE PRÉSIDENT

210 CIR 20 E

9 December 2020

TO SECRETARIES OF DELEGATION FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL MEMBERS

Re:

NATO 2030

Report by the Group of Experts appointed by the NATO Secretary General

Dear colleagues,

On 1 December, the Group of Experts appointed by the NATO Secretary General to support the

reflection process on

NATO 2030

released its

report.

I am delighted to inform you that it includes several

recommendations put forward in recent Assembly resolutions as well as in

the NATO PA’s contributions

to the Group of Experts and the NATO Secretary General.

The Experts’ report

also makes one explicit

reference to the Assembly’s role

in support of efforts to raise the awareness of our publics about NATO.

Specifically, the report incorporates the

Assembly’s recommendations

on the following issues:

Revision of the NATO Strategic Concept

The Experts’ report

incorporates the recommendation made in Assembly resolutions

457

and

460

update the 2010 Strategic Concept to take account of the significant shifts in the strategic environment

(p. 23

–

item 1).

Recommitment to Values

–

Center of Excellence for Democratic Resilience

As the Assembly has done in several reports and recommendations (457 and

460),

the Experts urge

Allies to redouble their commitment to the democratic principles enshrined in the North Atlantic Treaty.

Specifically, the report endorses the Assembly’s proposal to create a Center of Excellence

for Democratic Resilience to assist Allies in strengthening democratic institutions’

resilience to outside

interference (p. 52

–

item 4).

China

–

Allied strategy

–

consultative body

–

cooperation with Indo-Pacific Partners

The

report’s

analysis of

the opportunities and challenges of China’s rise is in line with the three reports

prepared by the Assembly’s

Committees (CDS,

and

ESC)

on China in 2020.

The report also endorses the specific proposals included in Assembly reports and

resolutions

to:

create a

consultative body to discuss all aspects of Allies’ security interests vis-à-vis

China (p. 28

–

item 1);

develop a comprehensive China strategy (p. 28 - item 2)

enhance cooperation with partners in the Indo-Pacific region (p. 60

–

item 14).

Russia

–

deterrence in a post-INF environment

The report reaffirms NATO’s dual-track

approach of deterrence and dialogue towards Russia. As the

Assembly has done in its

resolutions,

it stresses the

need to enhance NATO’s deterrence and defense

posture to respond to Russia’s nuclear modernization

following the demise of the INF Treaty (p. 38

–

item 10).

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NPA, Alm.del - 2020-21 - Bilag 8: Letter from NATO PA Psdt re NATO 2030 Report

THE PRESIDENT

LE PRÉSIDENT

Situational awareness in the High North

Like several Assembly

reports

and

resolutions

have called for, the Experts call on Allies to enhance

NATO’s situational awareness in the High North and the Arctic

(p. 41

–

item 2).

Emerging and disruptive technologies

– NATO’s technological edge

The report highlights the risks and opportunities of emerging and disruptive technologies and as the

Assembly has done in several recent

reports

and resolutions

443, 453

and

465,

urges allies to work to

maintain NATO’s technological edge

(p. 29

–

item 2).

Partnerships and Open Door

As the

Assembly

has done,

the Experts’ report urges NATO and EU members to seek

closer NATO-EU

cooperation in full complementarity (p. 56

–

item 7). It also emphasizes the importance of partnerships

and capacity-building to better address instability in the South (p. 59

–

item 13).

The Experts

echo the Assembly’s

calls

to keep NATO’s door open to future aspirants and intensify

partnerships with Georgia, Ukraine, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in particular (p. 59

–

items 9 to 11).

NATO decision-making

In its recommendation to the Group of Experts, the Assembly called for more informal and more frequent

meetings of the North Atlantic Council (p. 54

–

items 1 & 6) and for increasing the speed of decision-

making (p. 61

–

item 5) while preserving the principle of consensus. These recommendations are

mirrored

in the Experts’ report.

Communication and public awareness

The NATO PA’s role is referenced specifically in the section on communications and public awareness.

The report states, and I quote:

“While NATO accelerates digitalization

of its public communications

functions, Allies should amplify face-to-face engagements with broader audiences while partnering with

stakeholders in NATO’s rich network of force multipliers like the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and

Atlantic Treaty Association.”

(p. 49

–

item 4)

The report also includes a recommendation put forward by the Assembly of a NATO scholarship (p. 63

–

item 8).

In closing, I want to underline that I will make it my priority to follow up on these recommendations with

the NATO Secretary General and the North Atlantic Council as well as to ensure that the NATO PA is

fully engaged in the upcoming revision of

NATO’s

Strategic Concept.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you once again for the trust you have placed in me by

electing me as your President. I look forward to working with all national delegations to expand our

Assembly’s role and influence at this

crucial time. The Assembly is critical to the health of the Alliance.

As parliamentarians, we represent the democratic expression of our people. We must make sure we

and

–

more importantly

–

they

are heard.

Best wishes,