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NATO’s Rutte: Europeans are ensuring agreements with US on military bases are implemented
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of the European Political Community in Yerevan, Armenia, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Anthony Pizzoferrato)
European nations have “gotten the message” from US President Donald Trump and are now ensuring that agreements on the use of military bases are being implemented, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says.
Trump has accused some NATO nations of not doing enough to support the United States in the Iran war.
“Yes, there has been some disappointment from the US side, but Europeans have listened,” Rutte tells reporters at a European Political Community summit in Armenia.
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