NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller said at the signing ceremony that the memorandum was "a significant first step towards establishing European stockpiles of high quality maritime munitions. In time, this initiative will enhance our forces' interoperability, our ability to share munitions, and our capacity work together in an effective and efficient way."
Iphini LikaNobhala Jikelele we-NATO u-Rose Gottemoeller ngesikhathi somcimbi wokusayina wathi imemorandamu “kwakuyisinyathelo sokuqala esisemqoka sabaseYurophu sokumisa izinqumbi zempahla ezisezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu zezikhali zemikhumbi yempi. Ekuhambeni kwesikhathi loku kuqaliswa komsebenzi kuzakwengeza amandla ethu okusebenza ngokubambisana, ikhono lethu lokwabelana ngezikhali, futhi ubukhulu bethu busebenza ndawonye ngendlela elinganayo nenempumelelo."