2024-05-10 16:35:31
Mr Cameron, a former UK foreign secretary, said countries must take tougher action to protect their interests from new threats, including those from Russia and Iran.
“We are participating in a battle of wills. We – Britain and our allies and partners around the world – must prove our enemies wrong,” he added.
In his speech at the National Cyber Security Center in London, Mr. Cameron called on NATO countries to spend more than the two percent norm set for defense more than a decade ago.
He called on the countries of the 32-member Western Defense Alliance to “defeat enemies in a competitive struggle, overcome cooperation and innovation.”
“Before the upcoming NATO summit, all allies must show that they are following the plan and implementing the 2014 Wales’ defense commitment to two per cent.
And after that, we have to set a new 2.5 percent for all NATO allies as soon as possible. guideline.”
Last month, during a visit to Poland, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that London would be will increase the amount of defense spending to 2.5 percent. GDP.
According to him, the “axis of authoritarian states”, which includes Russia, Iran, North Korea and China, is responsible for the growing threats around the world.
Mr Cameron said the UK must invest in old alliances, including the G7 of the world’s richest nations and the Five Eyes intelligence network, which also includes the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
But he added that Britain must also build new partnerships, such as the AUKUS alliance with the US and Australia after Brexit.
“The situation in the world is getting more complicated and we have to become tougher. If V. Putin’s illegal invasion has taught us anything, it is that we should know now that by doing too little and too slowly, we will only encourage the aggressor not to stop,” he said.
“We need to be tougher and tougher,” he added, urging Britain and the West to find “the courage to act.”
Mr Cameron, who resigned as prime minister in 2016 after Britain voted to leave the European Union, re-emerged from the political jungle last November to appoint Mr Sunako as foreign secretary.
During this time he traveled extensively around the world, increasing the UK’s authority on the world stage.
Mr Cameron noted that the world had become more dangerous since he was last in office, particularly due to the malign influence of foreign actors.
The UK accuses China and Russia of meddling in its internal affairs, and this week London said it would expel a Russian military attache because he “did not publicly admit to being a military intelligence officer”.
2024-05-10 16:35:31