According to NATO’s best officials, Russia have to move faster to end the war in Ukraine, and by the USA it was told that Moscow had to “do more”.
“The ball is clearly in front of the Russian court” said in an interview This will be broadcast on Sunday “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan”. “You don’t move fast enough, my impression is – including the impression that I get from my American interlocutors that Russia really has to do more to end this war.”
Rutte, who spoke to Brennan on Friday, said the United States and its allies in the North Atlanty Contract organization were in the castle and work in the counter -testele in Russia to secure the war in Ukraine and Russian aggression.
He praised the White House because he attempted to “break the dead end” in Ukraine, in Ukraine, where the invasion of Russia has been grinding since 2022, which led to hundreds of thousands of victims and the destruction of cities and cities from wholesale.
“I spoke to Marco Rubio, I am regularly with the other members of the American government.
“Russians also have to dance the tango, and at that moment they don’t seem to do this,” said Rutte, while the Ukrainians are “very close to the American position.”
Russia has not yet agreed For a full 30-day ceasefire, which was proposed by the USA and has declared that there are still outstanding problems that have to be solved first.
Rubio, who is Participation in a NATO conference in Brusselstold the reporters on Friday: “We will very soon know from your answers whether you are serious about doing real peace or whether it is a delay tactic. Now we have reached the stage in which we have to make progress.”
Rutte said it was the inauguration of President Trump, who kicked the peace process and Brennan said: “Nothing happened until January of this year when it came to ending this war.”
The two sides and the USA are working to hammer out The details of a partial ceasefire.
NATO and the Trump -Zölle
Rutte said that he doesn’t believe Mr. Trump Global tariffsThe military alliance will harm Europe and many allies.
“I’m not saying that there is no influence on Individual alliesBut it has no influence on alliance, “said NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, in an interview recorded on Friday”Exign the nation with Margaret Brennan. “
He added that it is “my firm conviction” that a potential trade war will not affect the defense spending in Europe or the commitment to NATO.
Mr. Trump has often criticized NATO countries for less As 2% of their gross domestic product in defense and in his second administration, the members pushed their defense spending more than double to 5%.
Rutte argued on Friday that the European countries have already increased their expenses.
“It is amazed at how many billions are entered into. It has to compare the days of the Cold War if you look at all of the defense spending that are now increased in Europe,” said Rutte.
Nuclear deterrence
From Brennan about statements by the leaders of Germany, Poland and France about the expansion of a Western European nuclear writer – beyond the protection insurance provided by the United States and the United Kingdom, Rutte said that he was confident in the guarantee of the US Atom safety guarantee.
“This week, Marco Rubio basically repeated what President Trump has now said three times on television: The fact that the USA is fully committed to NATO is fully committed to Article 5,” said Rutte. “This includes the United States, which are the ultimate guarantee for nuclear deterrence for the NATO territory, including and especially the European part of NATO.” Article 5 states that an attack on a NATO member country is an attack on all members.
Rutte said the Trump government “consistently” said that it was obliged to the alliance.
“I ask my European colleagues to put the television on the television and sometimes listen to the leading American leadership when it comes to NATO,” said Rutte. “Instead of constantly worried, the USA is still committed to NATO? ‘The answer is yes, it has been consistently out of the American system in the past three months.”
