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NATO Secretary General Urges European Allies to Meet Defense Spending Targets Amid Russian Aggression

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Rutte emphasized the need for European armies to increase troop numbers in order to effectively deter Russia. He predicted that within four to five years, NATO's deterrence capacity will be weakened. This is largely attributed to Russia's rising defense spending, which Rutte urged NATO member states to match in order to maintain a stable defense posture.

  1. NL
    Mark Rutte
    North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
    1. Russia is preparing for long-term confrontation, with Ukraine and with us.
    2. In four or five years' time, our deterrence capacity will beweakened to such an extent that the Russians may start thinkingabout attacking us.
    3. I'm really pleading directly to the one billion people living in Nato territory, and particularly in Canada and Europe, to ask them to help me.
    4. Donald Trump was completely right when in his first term he forced us to spend more, he was successful, we are considerably spending more than before he became president, so in that sense he was totally right.
    5. If we don't spend more together now to prevent war, we will pay a much, much, much higher price later to fight it.
    6. We are not ready for what is coming our way in four to five years.

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sources

  1. 1.BBC
  2. 2.Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA)
  3. 3.CNA News
  4. 4.ANSA

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.2024 US Presidential Election
  3. 3.Russian Foreign Policy
  4. 4.Russia-Ukraine War
  5. 5.Chinese Foreign Policy
  6. 6.Nuclear Weapons
  7. 7.European defense

countries

  1. 1.CanadaCA
  2. 2.NetherlandsNL
  3. 3.Russian FederationRU
  4. 4.UkraineUA

organizations

  1. 1.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  2. 2.White HouseUS

persons

  1. 1.Donald TrumpUS
  2. 2.Mark RutteNL

technicals

  1. 1.Cold War
NATO Secretary General Urges European Allies to Meet Defense Spending Targets Amid Russian Aggression