Belgium|Stubbs will be the first head of state to visit NATO headquarters during Mark Rutte’s term.
President Alexander Stubb meet the King of Belgium today in Brussels Philippe’s and the Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutten. At the same time, Stubbs is becoming the first head of state to visit NATO headquarters to meet Rutte this term.
The topics of the NATO visit include, among other things, the implementation of the decisions of the Washington summit, strengthening NATO’s deterrence and defense, and supporting Ukraine.
Rutte started his term as Secretary General of NATO at the beginning of October, before which he had time to work for almost 14 years as Prime Minister of the Netherlands. He made his first visit to Kyiv, where he met, among others, the president to Volodymyr Zelensky.
“Ukraine is closer to NATO than ever before. And continue on this path until you become a member of our union”, Rutte quoth at the press conference during his visit.
Zelenskyi, on the other hand, has long wanted long-range weapons from the West, the use of which is not restricted to Russian military targets.
Also during the visit of NATO Secretary General Zelenskyi repeated this request. He would also like his Western partners to destroy Russian missiles and airplanes from Ukrainian airspace.
Before meeting Rutte, Stubbs and King Philippe are scheduled to discuss the security environment in Europe and the Middle East and relations between Finland and Belgium at the royal palace.
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