Rutte dismisses concerns about US commitment to NATO ahead of Ukraine meeting

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00:00NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte brushed off concerns about the United States' commitment

00:06to the military alliance on the eve of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers focused on ending

00:11Russia's war against Ukraine that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to miss.

00:18With the U.S. pushing for Europe to do more to take care of its own security,

00:23some have raised doubts about America's NATO leadership and the alliance's ability to

00:27deter Russian aggression.

00:30Rutte pinned Rubio's absence on a busy schedule and downplayed contentious parts of the Trump

00:36administration's 28-point peace proposal.

00:39I think it is very good that the U.S. is putting forward proposals.

00:42You need to start somewhere.

00:43You need to have proposals on the table.

00:45As you know, both in Geneva and two days ago in Miami, talks have been taking place with

00:51the Ukrainian side.

00:52Indeed, talks today with the Russian side.

00:55So we follow that closely and I think it's really important that the U.S. is leading

01:01these efforts, making sure that we do whatever we can to end this terrible war.

01:06The Trump administration's draft plan to end the war suggested that NATO would not expand

01:12further, a long-time Russian demand, and that Ukraine would not be admitted, breaking with

01:18a years-long promise to Kiev that it has a place at the organization's table.

01:22The U.S. is leading the U.S. is leading the U.S.

01:27to Kiev.

01:28The U.S. is leading the U.S. to Kiev.

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