北约欧洲盟军最高指挥官（SACEUR）阿列克苏斯·格林克维奇周一表示，欧盟建立的任何防务架构都应补充北约，而不是与该联盟竞争。
Any defense structure developed by the EU should complement NATO rather than compete with the alliance, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Gen. Alexus Grynkewich said Monday.
格林克维奇在欧洲议会向议员发表讲话时表示，他已就建立欧洲防务联盟与“多位欧洲领导人”进行了会谈。
Addressing lawmakers at the European Parliament, Grynkewich said he had held talks with "a number of European leaders" about a European defense union.
“无论欧盟与成员国采取何种行动、如何构建防务架构，都不应与北约竞争，”他说，“它必须与北约投入行动所带来的能力形成互补。”他警告说，建立两套彼此独立的架构会“耗费极高”，且可能使有限资源不堪重负，并指出北约已经拥有相应的指挥体系和专业能力。
"Whatever it is that the EU does with its member states and how it structures, should not be in competition with NATO," he said. "It needs to be complementary to what NATO brings to the fight." Having two separate structures would be "extremely costly" and could stretch limited resources, he warned, pointing to NATO's existing command structure and expertise.
格林克维奇还强调，欧盟与北约在国防工业和采购方面加强合作的重要性，并称，涉及军事装备生产地点的举措对美国、加拿大、英国、挪威和土耳其的企业尤为重要。
Grynkewich also stressed the importance of closer EU-NATO cooperation on defense industry and procurement, saying initiatives concerning where military equipment is produced are particularly important for American, Canadian, British, Norwegian and Turkish companies.
在北约努力保持技术优势之际，他警告不要根据军事装备的来源设定僵化偏好。
He cautioned against setting rigid preferences based on the origin of military hardware as NATO seeks to maintain its technological advantage.
“关注某件装备在哪里制造，而不是它在战斗和战场上的表现如何，只会让我们对手受益，”他说。
"A focus on where something is made rather than how well it performs in combat, how well it performs on the battlefield, only benefits our adversaries," he said.
据格林克维奇介绍，在安卡拉举行的北约峰会防务工业论坛上，数百家公司宣布达成了总额超过500亿欧元（近570亿美元）的交易，其中包括涉及战略空运以及高空情报、监视和侦察的合同。
At the NATO summit defense industry forum in Ankara, hundreds of companies announced deals exceeding €50 billion (nearly $57 billion), including contracts involving strategic airlift and high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, according to Grynkewich.
他说，北约和欧盟在携手合作时会“呈指数级增强”，并认为欧盟的金融和监管工具与北约的军事需求可以相互补充。“因此，我们必须选择能够深化而非限制合作的路径，”他说。
He said NATO and the EU are "exponentially stronger" when working together, arguing that the EU's financial and regulatory tools and NATO's military requirements can complement each other. "Therefore, we must choose pathways that deepen our cooperation, not constrain it," he said.