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Mark Rutte: “A couple of countries, including Germany, Slovakia, Hungary…”

Featuring: Mark Rutte, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Secretary General of NATO | International

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Live: As Trump considers NATO withdrawal, Mark Rutte delivers speech in Washington DC

Published | Video Starts at 41:07

Yes. Okay. So at the NATO summit in Washington, when NATO was celebrating the 75 years, there was an … A couple of countries, including Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, and the United States, are holding back on Ukraine's NATO membership. … And that is being a practical guy, but also President Zelensky being a practical man, we had to shift from NATO to what then to make sure that the Russians will not attack after a long term ceasefire or even better a peace deal. (41:07–41:15)

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Asserts that certain countries are holding back on Ukraine's NATO membership.

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