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Pre-ministerial press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels04 Jun. 2025 Arctic, and you need security in Europe. This is all three crucial for the United States. But at the same time, we know the United States also has to because they are so big and so powerful, have to concentrate on other theatres in the world, like | Opinion |
Address by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, followed by a moderated conversation26 May. 2025 , from the Middle East to Asia. Russia has teamed up with China, North Korea and Iran. They are expanding their militaries and their capabilities. They are preparing for long-term confrontation. I am struck by the speech Winston Churchill made | Opinion |
Joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof21 May. 2025 and Ukraine. So, and I spoke today with President Zelenskyy, we are really working very much together, all of us, to make sure that collectively, we do everything we can to bring this terrible war to an end. But it has to be an end point where Putin will never | |
Press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte following the Informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Antalya15 May. 2025 Thank you. It's very important, because Türkiye has an impressive defence industrial base. It is already working in close conjunction with industries and countries all over Europe and the United States. And as I said before, there is this problem we | Opinion |
Setting the scene: conversation with NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska at the 2025 NATO Youth Summit25 Apr. 2025 stronger because it has the biggest number, 32 Allies. And if Russian President Putin was attempting to undermine and weaken NATO with the attack on Ukraine, it has backfired. Since then, two other countries which have had history of military neutrality | Opinion |
Speech by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte followed by a moderated conversation on the topic “NATO and Japan – Strong Partnerships in an Interconnected World”, at the Keio University, in Tokyo.09 Apr. 2025 on Europe. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte Well, thank you very much for that question. Is the student who asked that question in the room, so we can check whether he has not made him up these questions? No, no, I guess they really came up. Well | Opinion |
Speech by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte followed by a Q&A at the Comenius University, in Bratislava20 Feb. 2025 of the great success stories of our time. Alongside the enlargement of the European Union, it has helped to erase many of the painful dividing lines on our continent. And bring us much closer to the longstanding goal of a Europe whole, free and at peace | Opinion |
Pre-ministerial press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels12 Feb. 2025 40% of the state budget on defence. It's spending almost 10% of its national income on defence. And of course, you have to have the purchasing power figured in those numbers. I understand that it has been done. So, for me, it is also confirmation | Opinion |
Joint press conference by the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Christopher Cavoli and the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Admiral Pierre Vandier16 Jan. 2025 Putin has put the Russian economy on a war footing. And Russia is cooperating more and more closely with China, Iran and North Korea. NATO is also deeply concerned about the role that China plays in international security. China’s military | Opinion |
Opening remarks by the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the meeting of the Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence15 Jan. 2025 to Ukraine. This includes the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU), which has begun to assume responsibilities. And the Joint Analysis Training and Education Centre (JATEC), where we work on fostering long-term interoperability | Opinion |
