“NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte believes that the US has a direct interest in remaining a member of NATO, and it has at least three reasons for this.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Photo by Getty Images Source: “European truth” from a link to Rütte’s Bild interview
Direct speech of the NATO Secretary General: “First: a safe Europe means a safe America. Second: the Arctic – seven littoral states, new sea lanes, China and Russia are active in this region. For the security of the US mainland, a safe Arctic is crucial, and we can only achieve this together.”
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Details: As the third reason, he called the importance of the security of the North Atlantic, which, in his opinion, can be ensured “only together with NATO”.
“So the US has a direct security interest in staying in NATO. For a long time, there was a big factor that got in the way: we Europeans spent too little (money on defense, – ed.). Now we’re catching up,” Rutte said.
Prehistory:
- At the beginning of the second term of US President Donald Trump, the media reported that he was considering the possibility of making significant changes to the policy of US participation in NATO.
- In June, at the Hague summit, under pressure from Trump, the NATO countries agreed to increase the share of defense spending to 5%.
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