But we are absolutely not there yet, we have to maintain the pressure on them to guarantee that Russia takes the negotiations seriously,
NATO should pursue these goals as well,
You're starting to hear the British prime minister and others all committing to much higher defense spending,
I expect key messages will be around how much Europe is stepping up on spending, how we all need to do more on defense production, and welcoming progress in pursuit of peace for Ukraine,
We've got to separate NATO from Ukraine because up to now we've been very involved, but NATO is bigger than Ukraine right now,
Rutte is very focused on keeping the US in NATO and I think he's really smart about this, you know he won't be combative while he's there,
Rutte been way out ahead of everyone calling for NATO allies to spend 5% on defence,
If you’re not paying your bills I’m not gonna help,
We'll be focusing on Article 3 of the NATO charter – 'allies must be able to defend themselves and contribute to the collective defence of the alliance',
The real challenge for him now is to become that Trump whisperer and make sure that President Trump and America stay involved in NATO,
What’s happened the last couple of weeks is really staggering,
I think they want to work together with you in the run-up to the next summit to make sure that we will have a NATO, which is newly invigorated under your leadership.”
I just said, we’re not going to be involved with you if you’re not going to pay,
He (Putin) put out a very promising statement but it wasn’t complete,
I want to pay tribute to the president on the peace initiatives,
Last time I spoke with him, that was his commitment,
I'm quite confident, as he always does when it comes to NATO, he will urge the NATO secretary the president's belief that NATO countries need to pay their fair share for their own defense,
Well, NATO has to treat us fairly,