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Mark Rutte: “In all the country of the eastern flank we have now what we…”

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 30:55

What's Your view? Is NATO's eastern flank vulnerable and should we have more allied forces positioned in places like Romania? Well, of course again on my predecessor Stoltenberg happened is that In all the country of the eastern flank we have now what we in NATO parliament are called the forward land forces. And these are multi country forces defending, helping to defend for example Latvia where it is Canada taking the lead, Estonia where the UK is taking the lead, Poland where the US is taking the lead. (30:55–31:03)

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Asserts the presence of forward land forces in all eastern flank countries of NATO.

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