Celebrating the June 2025 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit in the Hague, the Netherlands, and reaffirming priorities pertaining to transatlantic security and our commitment to NATO.

Summary

Sets out U.S. positions and priorities for the June 24–25, 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, emphasizing stronger burden-sharing, greater defense spending targets (a reported shift from 2% to about 5% of GDP with ~1.5% for defense-related infrastructure and capabilities), and coordinated responses to Russian aggression. It highlights NATO’s role in Balkan stability, calls attention to hybrid threats (energy coercion, cyberattacks, undersea infrastructure attacks), and notes that Ukraine’s president will be invited to the summit.

• Establishes U.S. priorities for the June 24–25, 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague.
• Calls for a marked increase in NATO defense-spending commitments, from 2% toward a reported ~5% of GDP.
• Highlights a reported target of about 1.5% of GDP directed to defense-related infrastructure and capabilities.
• Affirms participation by all 32 NATO Allies and multiple partners, and notes that Ukraine’s president will be invited.
• Identifies Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine and a spectrum of Russian threats (hybrid, energy coercion, cyber, undersea attacks) as central security concerns.
• Reaffirms NATO’s role in Western Balkans stability and coordination with existing peace operations and agreements.
• Invokes Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty to situate alliance consultation and possible enlargement within treaty terms.