NATO Chief Assures Romania of Full Alliance Defence Amid U.S. Troop Cuts | APT - video Dailymotion

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reassured Romania that the alliance would defend the country with its full military power if attacked, following recent concerns over U.S. troop reductions on Europe’s eastern flank.  Speaking ahead of the NATO-Industry Forum in Bucharest, Rutte said that any attack on Romania would trigger the full weight of NATO’s air, naval, and land forces, emphasizing the alliance’s commitment to collective defence under Article 5.  The comments come after Washington’s decision to scale back its military presence in the region, including at Romania’s Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base. Rutte urged observers not to overreact to the troop adjustment, calling it a “normal reallocation.”

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00:00So good to see you.

00:30Maybe the coffee is here, aren't we?

00:35Wait.

00:57Ah, sorry, we kept you waiting.

01:01Hello, pleasure to see you now.

01:06Good to see you again.

01:08Really impressed.

01:10She will be with you, I think, tomorrow.

01:12She's seeing companies and all that.

01:14Pleased that you're here.

01:16Pleasure.

01:18Pleasure.

01:20Pleasure.

01:22Well, not very busy.

01:24Sure.

01:26Pleasure.

01:28Good to see you.

01:30So you will help us to press for later?

01:32Yeah, exactly.

01:34The last one we had from London.

01:36And then there's the test of the lid.

01:38Let's have a stable.

01:40The last one.

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02:00The last one.

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02:02When an attack would take place.

02:03From whoever.

02:04Be it the Russians or whoever would attack NATO.

02:06Or would attack Romania particularly.

02:08It is not only Eastern sentry which will help you.

02:12It is not only the forward land forces which will help you.

02:14It is then the whole of NATO which will come to the rescue.

02:18With its fleet of F-35's, its full naval capacity.

02:22And its full land forces' capacity.

02:24forces capacity this is how NATO works but in the end if this country would be

02:36under attack it is 31 other nations coming to the rescue of Romania this is

02:41how NATO works and and I think this makes us unbeatable absolutely unbeatable

02:46and that is why I believe that nobody will ever try I'm really think we are making a

03:05little bit too much out of this so the US has a big presence in Europe and that

03:11presence is there and within that presence they are always looking how can they make

03:15best use of their resources they have in Europe within of course helping NATO to

03:23defend every inch of NATO territory it these adjustments take place please

03:28don't read too much into that and the fact that we have Eastern century that we

03:34have to forward land forces that we are scaling up to brigade level in the

03:39exercise next week and all the other stuff we are doing is evidence that we

03:45are as strong as is necessary thank you so much

NATO Chief Assures Romania of Full Alliance Defence Amid U.S. Troop Cuts | APT

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