New NATO chief Rutte: Putin must realize alliance won’t ‘give in’ over Ukraine | DW News
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has handed the reins over to the former Dutch prime minister after 10 years in office. Rutte takes the helm at a critical moment for the alliance.
Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has officially become the secretary-general of NATO after a handover ceremony in Brussels.
He takes over from Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg, who has led the alliance since 2014.
Following a symbolic handshake and wreath-laying at NATO headquarters, the pair headed to a meeting with bloc ambassadors at the North Atlantic Council for Rutte’s official appointment.
In his first press conference as secretary-general, Rutte called on allies to “significantly increase defense spending” in order to meet NATO’s challenges.
An end to the conflict in Ukraine “is vital for peace and security in Europe,” he said, adding the cost of Russian President Vladimir Putin getting his way would be far more expensive than aid to Kyiv.
He also called for the alliance to “enhance cooperation with our Indo-Pacific partners,” citing the role of China in supporting Putin and as a destabilizing force around the world.
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38 comments
Not mate!You should realise!Putin will not give up?Because Donbas,zaporozhia and Luhansk region wants Russia to be there
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This guy destroyed our country, The Netherlands. He is a disaster
We're all doomed now, keep Rutter out
Many of Putler’s pets complaining in the comments section 😂
Stolenburg was the weakest most inept disaster to hold that position. He contributed to the war in Ukraine by STUPIDLY arguing for buying Russian energy!
Being honest and I am from the Netherlands. Mark Rutte really ffed this country. He laughs every problem away. Anyone from anywhere should have had this job, Mark Rutte should be taken to a tribunal.
@John_Pace
Just reorganizing the deck chairs on the SS Titanic….
Best wishes to The New NATO head. Ireland is next to join NATO.
😂😂😂😂 What is He for? America is in charge, not these two ….
He had to cancel his side-gig as a history teacher so he is pretty serious about this.
Why is it that political losers are getting other unelected cushy jobs ?
NATO is corporate private military. It serves big corporations to grab natural resources of other consumers by force if it can't be achieved by other means.
Russians also won’t give in so are you going to have this war forever? Well European economies collapsing so it’s up to you!
He is hated by the overwhelming majority in his country and never had a real job. Yeah it’s going to end very badly
People please Google what this guy did or rather did not do in the Netherlands. NATO is officially a joke.
Notice how all the Putin bots offer derogatory comments without any reputable sources to back it up.
You just pissed me off.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧
Typical usless politician, that is elected to acheve something he could not even do in tiny scale in his own country, so he is as usless as previous one that failed for years to make countries pay the bare minimum 2%, that left Nato with pants down in front of a war.
This only shows how western institutions turned into friendzone cradle of brownnoses
Ask this man what really happened to MH17
Love it. Rides his bike to work❤
Really down to earth.
Ask this man about 1650 dutch children.
Let's hope he brings prosperity for Ukraine, good luck mark, do it.
Rutte gonna make Netherlands be in danger 😂 whatever you gonna do NATO is a animal shelter organization
However, reminds me as kids, when you would try and bluff your mate hanging from the climbing frame, that your absolutely fine and could go on all day – just to try and break their will. However, Putin's not an 8 yr old kid. So who is he convincing? Us? We may not be poker players like Putin, but we are also not 8 yr olds. Either side could make an unfavourable deal at a certain point and probably still claim victory 🙂
WEF puppet.
another warmonger🙂
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Congratulations Mr. Rutter. Welcome to the family.
God Bless ❤ from USA 🇺🇸 🙏
Tough talk but NATO has given in by not accepting Ukraine as a member.
NATO should have been disbanded in 1991 when the Warsaw Pact was dissolved after the Soviet Union disintegrated. The military interventions carried out by NATO post 1991 have all ended in dismal failures – e.g. Yugoslavia, Libya, Afghanistan, Ukraine. None of the NATO members were attacked or threatened by any of the warring states in these conflicts, so they should have stayed out. The main purpose of their existence these days is for member states to purchase expensive US made military hardware which only benefits the US military industrial complex and the politicians who carry out policies to keep the gravy train running. Jens Stoltenberg turned out to be just a lapdog of the US, can't expect anything better from Mark Rutte.
-When did fighting for one's, freedom become "Not cool?'
Ukraine Heroes! 💛
The organization of the human destruction so far no one did see any country saved piece fully by the them
Do not feed Russian trolls in comments after midnight…..Trump is putins puppett.
Russia scared off Canada & the UKs's highest count sniper back home, after getting shot at once & after complaining about not having car transportation to the front & back. Anymore 1 day jokes?
Get it through your thick head Germany, Ukraine will never ever beat Russia it is just a waste of money and besides Russia have Nuclear Weapons did you forget. Our only hope is Mr. Trump! – He will make them settle and weather you like it or not Ukraine will have to give up some land especially in the Donbas area and people will start dying. Nato never stopped expanding no matter how many warnings they got.
If Putin takes Ukraine, he will make Auschwitz look like a kiddie day camp.