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NATO general secretary Mark Rutte said that European countries in the Military Alliance agreed to intensify their defense expense following the request of President Donald Trump to increase the number 5% of GDP.
“At this time, we are spending $ 700 billion more on the NATO European side than before President Trump assumed the position. Absolutely not enough. We have to do a lot, much more, “Routte said Monday in an exclusive interview about” The Story. “
“The United States is, with much, the most important ally within NATO, but the United States is right that it is fair that on the European side of NATO, let’s increase the expense because we need to do it for our own defense. But also, also, too, also, also , but also, because it is fair to obtain this balance with what the United States is spending in defense. “
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The heads of state pose for a group photo during the celebration of the 75th anniversary of NATO at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium on July 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
European leaders had a Emergency Summit in Paris On Monday, discussing an upcoming bilateral meeting between US and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia to negotiate the end of the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.
Alarm Bells shot in Europe after defense secretary Pete Hegesh, former coanfrerion of Fox News, said last week that NATO membership for Ukraine is an unrealistic result for any negotiated negotiated negotiated War settlement and security guarantees must be maintained by “European and non -European capable troops.”
“To be clear, as part of any security guarantee, there will be no US troops deployed in Ukraine,” he said.
Critics say that Hegseth resigned of a key leverage in the United States negotiations with Russia even before peace conversations began.
The Secretary of Defense of the United States, Pete Hegseth, celebrates his final press conference at the end of the meetings of the Ministers of Defense at the NATO headquarters on February 13, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images) ((Photo of Omar Havana/Getty images)))
Rutte told Fox News Martha Maccallum that he has “great confidence” in the American team leading peace conversations And he has no “doubt” that Ukraine will be involved.
“We have to work together to make sure to keep the entire territory of Saur NATO. But clearly, we have to take a step forward in this part and when it comes to the other theaters, the other areas of the world where the United States has to do He concentrates his attention, obviously, China and, of course, in the Middle East, it is fair to ask the Europeans to make more so they can make sure they can concentrate on all these areas, including Europe. “
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The former Prime Minister of the Netherlands added that he rejects the criticism that Trump is appeasing Putin ahead of conversations.
The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, attended a meeting with the president of the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi on December 6, 2023. (Sergei Savostyanov / Pool / AFP)
“What the US president is doing, wants to end this war. He has taken initiatives to do that,” Butte explained. “That whole process is now starting. And the Europeans were a little shaken when that began and began to complain that they were not involved. They are now intensifying. They are acting together, wanting to participate.”
NATO general secretary said European leaders are working to find security guarantees For Ukraine, if the United States ends without having boots on the postwar ground.
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He maintained the need for “credible deterrence” to ensure that Russia does not try to take more than Ukraine, explaining that any treatment he arrives needs to make sure that peace is “lasting” and “during.”
