NATO must remain united regardless of who wins the US elections, stresses Rutte

NATO will work with whoever wins the US elections and will do everything to stay united, Atlantic Alliance Secretary General Mark Rutte promised on Monday.

“We will work with Kamala Harris, we will work with Donald Trump and we will make sure that the alliance remains united,” declared Dutchman Mark Rutte, during a joint press conference in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

“I have no doubt, because it is in our interest and it is in the interest of the United States,” added Mr. Rutte, who took over from Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg a month ago. the head of the Alliance.

According to Mr. Rutte, the United States will remain involved in NATO. “They know that if Putin succeeds in Ukraine, an emboldened Russia will then be on our eastern flank and pose a direct threat to NATO territory,” he said.

“That’s why they’re involved in Ukraine, that’s why they’re involved in NATO,” he added.

When he took office on October 1, Mr. Rutte, who previously served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands for fourteen years, declared that he was not worried about the result of the American elections.

“I know both candidates very well and I worked with Donald Trump for four years,” he said.

Expected around the world, the result of the extraordinary American presidential elections seems unpredictable with two completely opposed candidates: Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice-president, who could be the first female president of the United States, and the Republican billionaire Donald Trump , who dreams of returning to the White House.

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