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Secretary General NATO Mark Rutte said the European Military Federation countries agreed to reinforce their defense in the midst of the request of President Donald Trump to increase the number to 5% of GDP.
“We currently spend $ 700 billion more on the European side of NATO than before President Trump came to duty. It is absolutely not yet enough. We have to do a lot, a lot more, “Rutte said on Monday in an exclusive interview on the” story “.
“Now the most important ally within NATO is by far, but now it is absolutely okay that it is only a fair to increase the consumption on the European side of NATO because we have to do it for our own defense. But also, also, also because it is fair to achieve this balance with what they now spend on defense. “
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The heads of the state posing for group photography during the celebration of the 75th anniversary of NATO -Au Auditorium Andrew Mellon, July 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
European leaders held Emergency Summit in Paris On Monday to discuss the upcoming bilateral meeting between US and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia to negotiate the termination of the war of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.
The Alarm Bells extinguished in Europe after Defense Minister of Peta Hegsetth, former co-organizer of Fox News, said last week that NATO membership for Ukraine is an unrealistic outcome for any negotiated Settlement to war And security guarantees must maintain “capable European and non -European troops”.
“To be clear, there will be no American troops arranged in Ukraine as part of any security guarantee,” he said.
Critics say Hegsetth gave up key influence in the negotiations of the United States with Russia before peace negotiations began at all.
The US Defense Minister Hegsetth holds its final press conference at the end of the Meeting of Defense Ministers at NATO headquarters on February 13, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo Omar Havana/Getty Images) ((Photo Omar Havana/Getty Images))
Rutte told Fox News manager Martha Maccallum to have a “great trust” on the US team Leading peace negotiations and “no doubt” that Ukraine will be involved.
“We have to work together to make sure that the whole territory of NATO is kept safe. But obviously, we have to step up on this part and when it comes to other theaters, other areas in a world where you now have to focus your attention, obviously China and, Of course, in the Middle East, it’s just a fair to ask Europeans to do more so that they can be sure that their attention will be focused on all these areas, including Europe, including Europe, “he said.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a meeting with the President of the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dabi on December 6, 2023. (Sergei Sablastrayan’s / pool / AFP)
“What the US president does, he wants to bring this war to the end. He took over the initiatives for that,” Butte explained. “The whole process now begins. And the Europeans were a little crumpled when it started and began to complain that they were not involved. They are now amplifying. They manage together, wanting to participate.”
NATO Secretary General said European leaders work on that Security guarantee For Ukraine if the United States end up without boots on the field after the war.
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He kept the need for a “credible deterrent” to ensure that Russia does not try to take more Ukraine, explaining that everything that comes to the contract should ensure that peace is “permanent” and “during”.
