Thursday NATO office in Brussels The North Atlantic Council was held at the level of defence ministers. A fresh 1 besides took part U.S. Secretary of defence – Pete Hegseth.
Brussels. NATO chief wants more action
Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary-General said talks were “very fruitful”, and the fresh U.S. Secretary of defence made it clear that the US inactive expects European states to "justly bear the burden" on the Alliance.
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We have strong defence plans. We gotta do more, we gotta spend a lot more on defense. We have no time to waste, our further freedom and prosperity depend on it," Rutte said at a press conference summarizing the ministerial meeting.
He added that the States of the Alliance adopted "updated" a defence plan, to be able to respond immediately on both sides of the Atlantic. He besides said that present 1 of the priorities is strengthening Ukraine's position, so that it can conduct fair negotiations which will lead to lasting peace.
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– We gotta guarantee Ukraine’s best position before negotiations so as to accomplish lasting and fair peace, not another installment of the Minsk Agreements. These were very fruitful conversations," said Rutte.
Vladimir Putin ‘unforeseeable’ negotiator
NATO Chief He besides referred to fresh reports that negotiations were to be conducted only between the US and Russia, without Ukrainian participation. He assured that this would not happen, and that the 2 sides of the conflict must participate in the talks. He added that he was not amazed by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin due to the fact that the signals that it would happen came before the U.S. presidential election.
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– We should be certain that Putin understands that The West is unitedthat Ukraine receives all the support it needs to win (...). We request to make certain that the result of these talks is clear to the full world, in Pacific countries specified as China, but besides in a country specified as North Korea and even the mediate East, Iran, that the agreement is strong, that The West Wins “The Secretary-General of NATO stressed.
While answering questions from journalists, Rutte said he met Vladimir Putin respective times erstwhile he was inactive Prime Minister of the Netherlands. He admitted that the president of Russia is ‘strong and unpredictable negotiator’, And talking to him can be difficult. – But ultimately, if we want to scope a peace agreement, it must be involved, due to the fact that he started the war – the NATO chief signed.
