U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte discussed the alliance in a call on Wednesday, including "building a stronger, more lethal NATO Alliance" and raising allied defense spending,

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states of the alliance on Monday to step up defence spending beyond their common goal of 2% of national output set a decade ago, saying this was now too low because of new challenges.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte gave his full-throated backing to US President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against Russia aimed at halting its war on Ukraine.

Now men will go content with what we spoiled. Or, discontent, boil bloody, and be spilled. - Wilfred Owen, “Strange Meeting” (1919)  There have been

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has warned that a Russian victory over Ukraine would undermine the dissuasive force of the world's biggest military alliance and could cost trillions of dollars to restore the organization's credibility.

Should new US administration keep supplying Ukraine from its defense industrial base, Europeans must be ready to pay the bill, Mark Rutte says - Anadolu Ajansı

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urges members to increase defence spending beyond the 2% GDP target due to emerging threats from Russia. While Portugal aims to meet its 2% goal by 2029, current commitments stand at 1.

The proportion of NATO nations meeting the two percent benchmark has skyrocketed since 2022. Today, some members are aiming even higher.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned that restoring the alliance's credibility after a Russian victory in Ukraine could require trillions of dollars.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed continued support for Ukraine with the leadership of Portugal and Spain. — Ukrinform.

Nato-Generalsekretär Mark Rutte äußerte seine Unterstützung für die Druckkampagne von US-Präsident Donald Trump gegen Russland. Diese zielt darauf ab, die Krieg in der Ukraine rasch zu beenden.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen agreed at a meeting on Tuesday that allies need to focus on strengthening defences in the Arctic, a source familiar with the talks told Reuters.