According to @clashreport, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto made public remarks about NATO on October 18, 2026. He stressed that NATO was originally created to be a defensive alliance, designed to defend against an attack on any member state, even the smallest one; if NATO cannot do that, the alliance will collapse.
On the final day of the summit in Ankara, NATO issued a declaration reaffirming its Article 5 collective defense commitment, advancing increases in defense spending, and establishing a NATO 3.0 defense framework.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivered a speech at a Washington think tank, emphasizing the NATO 3.0 concept, which is an alliance with reduced reliance on the United States but still firmly rooted in it, and stated that the Ankara Summit will demonstrate NATO's strong capabilities.