NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has stated that relations with Russia should ultimately be normalised once the fighting in Ukraine comes to an end. Source: Rutte in an interview with Bloomberg, as reported by European Pravda Details: Rutte believes that it would be “normal” to, “step by step, …restore normal relations with Russia” after the war.

Rutte emphasized the importance of maintaining pressure on Russia to ensure serious negotiations with the US administration and Ukrainians.

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On 13 March, Rutte visited US President Donald Trump. The meeting took place immediately after Russian ruler Vladimir Putin made remarks about the 30-day ceasefire. During the meeting with Trump, Rutte stated that NATO members were lagging behind Russia and China in arms production, while the US president boasted that his coming to power made NATO “much stronger”.