NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that the United States has a direct and practical interest in maintaining its membership in the North Atlantic Alliance. According to him, there are at least three key reasons that make NATO important for US security. He spoke about this in an interview with Bild, UNN reports.
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The Secretary General emphasized that NATO is directly relevant to US security.
"Firstly: a secure Europe means a secure America. Secondly: the Arctic – seven coastal states, new sea routes, China and Russia are active in this region. For the security of mainland US, a secure Arctic is crucial, and we can only achieve this together," Mark Rutte noted.
The third reason is the importance of North Atlantic security.
"To protect the US, we must ensure the security of the North Atlantic. This is also only possible together with NATO. So, the US has a direct security interest in remaining in NATO. For a long time, there was a major hindering factor: we Europeans spent too little (money on defense. – Ed.). Now we are catching up," Rutte said.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte denied reports that the US plans to shift most of the burden of defending Europe to European countries by 2027. He noted that Europe must step up its defense, but the Reuters report was incorrect.
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