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SECURITY: NATO Chief Rutte Warns Trump Against Pushing Unfavourable Ukraine Deal

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned US President-elect Donald Trump that the US would face a “dire threat” from China, Iran and North Korea if Ukraine is pushed to sign a peace deal on terms that are favourable to Moscow, according to The Financial Times.

  • Rutte told FT, in his first interview as head of NATO: “We cannot have a situation where we have [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Un and the Russian leader and Xi Jinping and Iran high-fiving because we came to a deal which is not good for Ukraine, because long-term that will be a dire security threat not only to Europe but also to the US,”
  • According to FT, Rutte said he had made this point to Trump at their meeting in Florida on November 22, "as part of an effort to persuade the isolationist US president-elect to remain engaged with Western allies and continue American support for Ukraine."
  • Rutte told Trump: “Look at the missile technology which is now being sent from Russia into North Korea, which is posing a dire threat not only to South Korea, Japan, but also to the US mainland.”
  • Rutte added: “Iran is getting money from Russia in return for, for example, missiles, but also drone technology. And the money is being used to prop up Hizbollah and Hamas, but also steering conflict beyond the region,” 
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned US President-elect Donald Trump that the US would face a “dire threat” from China, Iran and North Korea if Ukraine is pushed to sign a peace deal on terms that are favourable to Moscow, according to The Financial Times.

  • Rutte told FT, in his first interview as head of NATO: “We cannot have a situation where we have [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Un and the Russian leader and Xi Jinping and Iran high-fiving because we came to a deal which is not good for Ukraine, because long-term that will be a dire security threat not only to Europe but also to the US,”
  • According to FT, Rutte said he had made this point to Trump at their meeting in Florida on November 22, "as part of an effort to persuade the isolationist US president-elect to remain engaged with Western allies and continue American support for Ukraine."
  • Rutte told Trump: “Look at the missile technology which is now being sent from Russia into North Korea, which is posing a dire threat not only to South Korea, Japan, but also to the US mainland.”
  • Rutte added: “Iran is getting money from Russia in return for, for example, missiles, but also drone technology. And the money is being used to prop up Hizbollah and Hamas, but also steering conflict beyond the region,”