US EditionNATO Chief Rutte Tells RFE: 'Thoughtful Dialogue' Needed On Ukraine
The 28-point US peace plan triggered talks that advanced Kyiv-Washington dialogue despite concerns over Ukrainian concessions reflecting Kremlin demands, NATO's Rutte said.
- On November 24, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said a US peace proposal helped bring Kyiv and Washington closer and called weekend Geneva talks `very successful`.
- The leaked 28-point US peace proposal last week alarmed European capitals and Kyiv, with critics calling it a Kremlin `wish list` due to demands surrendering Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea.
- Rutte confirmed he spoke with both President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and emphasized the `end state` should be a sovereign, strong Ukraine that Russia never attacks again.
- He warned that NATO accession requires unanimity and said that unanimity is far off because certain NATO allies explicitly oppose accession, while Kyiv's NATO membership isn't on the cards now.
- Looking ahead, the non-US NATO bloc could muster about 3.2 million troops versus Russia's 1.5 million, and Rutte said the NATO–Russia Council and 1997 NATO–Russia Founding Act are dead.
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