NSA Sullivan: Every NATO Ally To Strengthen Industrial Capacity

Wires carrying comments from White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stating that, "every NATO ally [will] pledge to develop plans to strengthen their industrial capacity," during this week's NATO leaders' summit in Washington, D.C.

• Sullivan says that NATO is, "committed to standing with Ukraine in the long term," and notes that Russian President Vladimir Putin, "cannot divide us, he cannot outlast us or weaken us."
• Sullivan confirms that NATO will announce a new military command center in Germany, to be led by a three-star general, for training and equipping Ukrainian troops and will appoint a senior representative in Kyiv, "to deepen the relationship with the alliance."
• Sullivan notes that, non-NATO countries who will attend the summit as observers, "Japan, South Korea, Australia on road to investing 2% of GDP," a largely symbolic statement but consistent with moves by Western countries to increase military spending.
• Although there is no immediate pathway for Ukraine to join NATO while still at war, this week's summit is set to outline a "bridge" for membership. This is to include financial pledges, additional bilateral security agreements, and "several announcements seen as a way to "Trump-proof" future aid to Ukraine if he is elected in November by "institutionalizing" aid to Kyiv in NATO," according to NATO sources.