Outgoing Dutch PM Mark Rutte urges support for Ukraine, EU and NATO

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Rutte urged the Dutch to support Ukraine in his final speech on Sunday, before an inward-looking new government takes over the Netherlands on Tuesday.

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00:00Long-serving Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte urged his country to support Ukraine and international

00:07cooperation in his final speech.

00:11After leading his country for over a decade, he will be taking his experience to Brussels

00:16where he will be taking over from Jens Stoltenberg as NATO's Secretary General.

00:22And how crucial it is that our country is embedded in the European Union and NATO.

00:29One look at the world map makes that clear.

00:32I'll say it again.

00:34Together we are stronger than alone.

00:38Right now, with a war, a few hours away from our country, that thought must motivate us

00:44to continue supporting Ukraine.

00:46The new Dutch government is expected to take office on Tuesday and has pledged to maintain

00:51assistance to Ukraine.

00:52However, one of the coalition leaders, Geert Wilders, has previously expressed pro-Russia

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