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Mark Rutte: “These are multi-country forces defending, helping to defend…”

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 31:02

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. So and Lithuania where my country, the Netherlands is active under leadership of Germany. So this is one way to make, make sure that all these countries on the eastern … (31:02–31:16)

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Asserts that multi-country forces are defending Latvia, Estonia, and Poland, with Canada, the UK, and the US taking the lead respectively.

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