On Thursday, NATO Secretary-General attended a gathering of the Defence Ministers of the Alliance States in Brussels. During the conference he addressed the issue of talks between Donald Trump and leaders of Ukraine and Russia. They are about to search peace.
— We should place Ukraine in the best possible position in the negotiations “The Secretary-General of NATO said in Brussels.
As he added, "defensive spending is needed, which is already growing, but there is no time to waste". “But we gotta do more. We request to focus on the request for many defence ministers to return (from Brussels — ed.) to their countries with a sense of urgency," Rutte appealed.
“Putin, though an aggressor, must be at the table”
“ Conversations will not begin or end during the day. I hope Putin, although a good negotiator, will realize that Ukraine is inactive getting support,” he continued. He added that "Putin, although an aggressor, must be at the negotiating table". “He must besides realize that the West triumphs,” said Rutte.
As Rutte concluded, hopes that the result of the negotiations "will not be treated as a failure of Ukraine". — We want peace, we want to make certain that the Ukrainians at the beginning of the talks are in a good position and Vladimir Putin won't attack again. We want lasting peace in Ukraine," Mark Rutte stressed.
Rutte: Good talk
A fewer hours earlier, NATO chief he besides commented on Wednesday talks between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenski and Vladimir Putin.
“It seems like a good conversation. We all want peace in Ukraine. We'll see how this unfolds step by step. It is crucial that Ukraine be active in everything that concerns it. He said.
Rutte stressed that "it is crucial that the agreement, erstwhile reached, is sustainable". “Let Putin know that this is the end, that he can never occupy even a fragment of Ukraine. president Trump besides remembers that, as the NATO leader pointed out.
— We saw what happened to the Minsk agreements. We thought it was permanent, but it was not,” said the Secretary - General of the Alliance.
