Secretary General Mark Rutte attended the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on Friday and Saturday (14-15 February 2025). He stressed the need for a strong NATO, urging European Allies to increase their defence spending and take on more responsibility while calling for industry on both sides of the Atlantic to ramp up defence production.

2 hours ago · NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday the alliance is committed to its peacemaking mission in Kosovo and urged political leaders in Belgrade and Pristina to speed up dialogue to settle ...

8 hours ago · During his visit to the Bosnian capital on Monday, Mark Rutte reaffirmed NATO's support for Bosnia's territorial integrity and peace. #EuropeNews

Dec 12, 2024 · BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “wipe Ukraine off the map” and could come after other parts of Europe next, as he urged Europeans to press their governments to ramp up defense spending.

1 day ago · NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has pledged the military alliance’s “unwavering” support for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s federal government after a series of separatist moves from Bosnian ...

Oct 1, 2024 · NATO's new chief Mark Rutte took over the leadership of the military alliance from outgoing NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg at a ceremony in Brussels on Tuesday. In his acceptance speech, Rutte ...

On Sunday (2 March 2025) NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attended the Securing Our Future Summit in London, United Kingdom. Heading into the meeting, the Secretary General stressed the three key points: ... And he praised efforts in both Europe and Canada to increase investment in defence, as necessary for security, and as a move to strike a ...

1 day ago · SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — NATO’s secretary general on Monday pledged the military alliance’s “unwavering” support for Bosnia’s territorial integrity after a series of Bosnian Serb separatist moves raised tensions nearly 30 years after the end of a bloody war. Mark Rutte spoke in Sarajevo after meeting the three members of the Balkan country’s multi-ethnic presidency, an ...

Feb 13, 2025 · In 2024, NATO Allies in Europe and Canada invested 485 billion US dollars in defence, a 20% increase compared with 2023. ... NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte What he said, is, he made very clear the US position on yes or not NATO, as part of a peace deal, and he is totally entitled to do that. Thank you so much.

3 days ago · Higher European defence budgets and a ramp-up of production by military equipment industries are necessary to secure Europe, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in a German newspaper interview.