NATO

Rutte insists US is not stepping back from Europe despite cutting military assets pledged to Nato, urging allies to step up. BRUSSELS: Nato chief Mark Rutte said Wednesday that the United States was not stepping back from Europe by announcing cuts to the forces it makes available to the alliance.

BRUSSELS, June 17 - Other NATO members have increased their contributions to the alliance's crisis forces to fill many of the gaps left by U.S. cuts to its commitments, NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Wednesday.

BRUSSELS: The Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, on Wednesday welcomed progress on a US–Iran peace agreement aimed at ending the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, describing the planned reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as a significant diplomatic and strategic milestone.

NATO chief Mark Rutte said Wednesday that the United States was not stepping back from Europe by announcing cuts to the forces it makes available to the alliance. "In some cases this has been cast as a problem -- as the US pulling away from its allies.

\"> Send the code again "},"auth":{"dropdown_menu_favorite_title":"Favorites","dropdown_menu_favorite_icon":"https:\/\/visitukraine.today\/media\/profile\/dropdown\/qsPcvNiy3qyB6WOZ8WDLvq3DM5G7eIFF8euhY2Vc.svg","dropdown_full_name_enabled":true,"dropdown_full_name_title":"Hi,","dropdown_menu_title":"Personal information","dropdown_menu_title_enabled":true,"dropdown_menu_subtitle":"Update your personal data if necessary","dropdown_menu_subtitle_enabled":true,"dropdown_menu_notifications_title":"Notifications","dropdown_menu_notifications_icon":"https:\/\/visitukraine.today\/media\/profile\/dropdown\/KgRv4LXq1LEeNCSvmiYbCN077W4cvEJ2lwwcwMut.svg","dropdown_menu_personal_information_title":"Personal information","dropdown_menu_personal_information_icon":"https:\/\/visitukraine.today\/media\/profile\/dropdown\/MU59yACb58UYNmipxzMvXr9jrGx2KiVqStHMwtpN.svg","dropdown_menu_order_list_title":"List of orders","dropdown_menu_order_list_icon":"https:\/\/visitukraine.today\/media\/profile\/dropdown\/2L1NSfBVX42xONGGwQG4JiWMzQjgYuNZbMhksGYo.svg","dropdown_menu_purchase_booking_title":"","dropdown_menu_purchase_booking_icon":"","dropdown_menu_booking_history_title":"?Booking History","dropdown_menu_booking_history_icon":"https:\/\/visitukraine.today\/media\/profile\/dropdown\/C0Rdgadf7tZr8WhyE8CCgL0netHQy396EzUCnoH7.png","dropdown_menu_setting_title":"Settings","dropdown_menu_setting_icon":"https:\/\/visitukraine.today\/media\/profile\/dropdown\/Pb39pPvYMOlnct1jPeAuXGpNCMIWpMtTaPP1qNDP.svg","dropdown_menu_promo_code_title":"Promocodes","dropdown_menu_promo_code_icon":"https:\/\/visitukraine.today\/media\/profile\/dropdown\/R5F5534gZpQrHNsorFYQVlirnF76Uo1pXlxnUCcJ.svg","dropdown_menu_social_accounts_title":"Sign in options","dropdown_menu_social_accounts_icon":"https:\/\/visitukraine.today\/media\/profile\/dropdown\/j1e6PaAzQtJU3AMcrKPUpxR1ORm9rRaBZ8RFdyap.svg","dropdown_menu_favorite_enabled":true,"dropdown_menu_notifications_enabled":true,"dropdown_menu_personal_information_enabled":true,"dropdown_menu_order_list_enabled":true,"dropdown_menu_booking_history_enabled":false,"dropdown_menu_setting_enabled":true,"dropdown_menu_promo_code_enabled":"1","dropdown_menu_social_accounts_enabled":true,"dropdown_menu_purchase_booking_enabled":false,"social_accounts":{"continue_with_google":"Continue with Google","continue_with_apple":"Continue with Apple","or":"or","section_title":"Sign-in methods","add_section_title":"Add sign-in method","linked":"Linked","not_linked":"Not linked","loading":"Loading...","load_error":"Could not load sign-in methods.","provider_labels":{"email":"Email \/ Password","google":"Google","apple":"Apple"},"errors":{"invalid_token":"Authentication failed. Please try again.","apple_email_unavailable":"Apple did not return your email.

National security financing is at the forefront globally, as the war in Iran drives energy prices into flux and US foreign policy places increasing pressure on Europe’s defence spending. Despite its political unpopularity in the US and a relative backseat in Europe, financing for the green transition remains at £1tn in 2025 and remain a critical concern for investors.

According to the official NATO website, another meeting of defense ministers from alliance member states is planned in Brussels on June 18. The session will be chaired by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and within it there will be discussions in the Nuclear Planning Group and a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of defense ministers.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius plans to visit Warsaw today to sign a defense agreement with Poland, DPA reported, BTA reported. According to the German government, the agreement emphasizes the integration of the two countries into NATO and the EU and confirms their commitment to mutual assistance.

BRUSSELS: NATO chief Mark Rutte on Wednesday hailed the US-Iran deal to end the Middle East war, saying the planned reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, would be a “massive step forward.” “The restoration of free passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be a massive step forward, and I know that many allies, through the initiative led by France and the United Kingdom, are ready to support,” Rutte told a press conference in Brussels.

ANKARA Italy will deploy an air defense system in central Türkiye as part of NATO's defense plan, the Turkish defense ministry said on June 16. "Within the scope of NATO's standing defense plan, and with the aim of strengthening the alliance's air defense, one SAMP-T air defense system belonging to Italy will be deployed at the 3rd Main Jet Base Command in Konya," the ministry said in a statement.

In early March, French President Emmanuel Macron stood at a windswept submarine base on the Breton coast and quietly buried four decades of French nuclear orthodoxy. The arsenal would grow. The numbers would be hidden. And for the first time, nuclear weapons that France built to defend Paris might one day be deployed to protect Berlin.

Every EU member of NATO met the alliance's 2% defence spending target in 2025 for the first time. But a closer look at the figures reveals a continent split in two: a handful of front-line states racing ahead, while a large group does the bare minimum.