Moon Jae-in Quotes

There is a need for the European Union to use all potential we have on defense cooperation.

The U.K.-U.S. defense relationship is the broadest, deepest and most advanced of any two countries, sharing military hardware and expertise.

We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.

The Philippines-U.S. Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement takes our security cooperation to a higher level of engagement, reaffirms our country's commitment to mutual defense and security, and promotes regional peace and stability.

NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.

The only thing wrong with NATO is that we don't belong to it.

I don’t want Italy to withdraw from the Atlantic Pact [NATO] … not only because our withdrawal would upset the international equilibrium. I feel safer …

It is axiomatic that the security of America and Europe are linked.

I'm hugely delighted with the presence of U.S. Armed Forces in the Polish territory.

The alliance with the United States is and will always be the foundation of our diplomacy and national security.

As long as NATO changes when the world is changing, we will be very important for the security of all our allies, including the United States.

NATO is still the most remarkable alliance in history. It stuck together through 40 years of Cold War, and it then joined together to fight in Afghanistan. In the 1980s, I would not have thought this was going to be possible.

It is important that both Japan and the United States continue to invest very heavily in the alliance to build up our defense.

I think NATO as a concept is good, but it is not as good as it was when it first evolved. And I think we bear the, you know, not only financially, we bear the biggest brunt of it.

NATO is based on shared values. Democracy, individual civil liberties and the rule of law. In public and also in meetings with the allies, I have repeatedly pointed out how crucial these common values are. They are the basis for our unity, and unity is the most important basis for our strength.

As a sovereign state, we should have operational command of our forces returned to us at an appropriate time. Korea and the United States have already reached an agreement where we will receive operational control of our forces when the conditions are met.

I see NATO as a good thing to have - I look at the Ukraine situation and I say, so Ukraine is a country that affects us far less than it affects other countries in NATO, and yet we are doing all of the lifting, they're not doing anything.

NATO is an alliance, so all parts of the alliance have to be capable.

For more than 60 years, the United States has stood by our allies and partners in the Asia Pacific. That includes our defence partnership with Singapore, which stretches back more than two decades.

Japan's own efforts to defend its own country are also effective in defense cooperation with the United States.

I want to make it clear that the U.K. is, and will continue to be, a strong, reliable, and committed partner in the fight against terrorism and other threats to our security.

We created NATO. It was a United States invention for the collective security of Europe. It has been a Russian desire since 1947 to break up NATO.

For me, it is clear that when it comes to the need of Israel to defend itself, the role of the United States of America is crucial.

We as a country have something to learn from Israel, especially in the areas of security and defense, and we will of course be doing that.

The Hungarian people voted for NATO membership. We are active in the joint actions of NATO.