By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-01-23 13:06:47 | Updated at 2025-01-23 17:34:01
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Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday urged the United States to keep supplying Ukraine with weapons to fight Russia’s invasion and said he was sure Europe was ready to pay the bill.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Nato chief said Europe must invest more in defence, ramp up arms production and take a bigger share of spending on Ukraine aid.
His comments came after US President Donald Trump said earlier this week that the European Union should be doing more to support Ukraine.
“On Ukraine, we need the US also to stay involved,” Rutte said.
“If this new Trump administration is willing to keep on supplying Ukraine from its defence industrial base, the bill will be paid by the Europeans, I’m absolutely convinced of this, we have to be willing to do that,” he added.
He said Trump was right to say Europe should be paying more to help Ukraine win the war as “it is a worldwide conflict, yes, but still Ukraine is closer to Europe than to the US”
