Tag: Mark Rutte

Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s due to be announced next week. Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, disclosed this ...

Briefing the media after a NATO Defence Ministers meeting, US Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth announced that there is “near consensus” on a 5% defence spending commitment for NATO member states. ...

Mark Rutte has confirmed that Ukraine had been invited to the NATO Summit in the Netherlands, set to be held in The Hague on June 24-25, 2025. The NATO Secretary-General’s ...

NATO Chief, Mark Rutte has asserted that Ukraine has made it clear they want a ceasefire and immediate talks, so Russia must respond. Rutte told reporters from the sidelines of ...

NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte has made an unannounced trip to Odesa in Ukraine to meet with Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Rutte's visit was a show of solidarity with Kyiv following a ...

Japan has expressed interest in participating in NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU), headquartered at a U.S. base in the German town of Wiesbaden. In what would be ...

U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio has told allies that Washington remains committed to NATO. This came as Rubio and newly confirmed US Ambassador to NATO, Matt Whitaker attended a conference of NATO Foreign ...

NATO Secretary-General, Mark Rutte has expressed that he remains “positive” about the US negotiations with Russia and Ukraine. This came as he gave a lecture at the Warsaw School of Economics. When ...

Taiwan’s coastguard has detained a cargo ship and its Chinese crew after an undersea cable in the Taiwan Strait was damaged on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Taiwan’s coast guard said in a statement ...

NATO Chief, Mark Rutte has labelled US support crucial for Ukraine’s security guarantees in a potential peace agreement with Russia. Rutte's remarks came in at a news conference with the ...