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Mark Rutte: “We agreed on a three-layer pose. Layer one is the Ukrainian…”

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 29:39

And early January in Paris, under President Macron's leadership, we had a meeting with all the countries part of the coalition of the willing, including the key interlocutor with the United States. We agreed on a three-layer pose. Layer one is the Ukrainian armed forces. They have to be the strongest possible with great huge investments from Europe and the US. to make sure they can, they can defend themselves. Secondly being the coalition of the railing. So that's primarily Europe, but also some non European nations. (29:39–29:49)

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Asserts that Europe and the US agreed to invest heavily in strengthening the Ukrainian armed forces.

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