 The NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, welcomed the strong words of support for Kyiv, but stressed they had to be followed by action. The language on membership, the irreversible path to membership, is important. But in many ways, what we do concretely together to support Ukraine is even more important. And the fact that we now are stepping up the provision of air defence systems, that enables Ukraine to prevail. And the only way for Ukraine to become a member is that Ukraine prevails as a sovereign independent nation in Europe.