{"id":73296,"date":"2026-05-16T04:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T04:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/73296\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T04:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T04:50:12","slug":"rutte-support-for-ukraine-will-be-a-priority-at-the-nato-summit-in-ankara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/73296\/","title":{"rendered":"Rutte: Support for Ukraine will be a priority at the NATO summit in Ankara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/images.cnscdn.com\/9\/d\/e\/6\/9de607578b0b5edbaf544141bfb83c73\/original.png\" class=\"top_img_loader\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778907012_859_300x173.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" alt=\"Rutte on support for Ukraine\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A strong Ukraine is key to stopping Russian aggression, which is why supporting it will be a priority at the Ankara summit in July.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a title=\"\u0446\u0435\u043d\u0437\u043e\u0440 \u043d\u0435\u0442 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430\" href=\"https:\/\/censor.net\/en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Censor.NET<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GeneralStaff.ua\/posts\/pfbid0SDev7D2G7r93yR8Vt5bPCJvs26haum4V9ZiQ7pdkJfDXjneDfQYiZRFqusUayGeUl\" target=\"_blank\">citing<\/a> the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, NATO Secretary General <a href=\"https:\/\/censor.net\/en\/tag\/5661\/mark_rutte\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Rutte<\/a> made this statement in a joint press release following the summit of the &#8220;Bucharest Nine&#8221; (B9) and the Northern Allies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-news\">Read more on our <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/censor_net\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Strong Ukraine <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A strong Ukraine today and a strong Ukraine in the future\u2014that is how we can stop Russian aggression. War will not wait for us. The time to act is now,&#8221; Rutte said.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that Ukraine is supported by numerous friends, particularly through the <a href=\"https:\/\/censor.net\/en\/trend\/4244\/purl-program\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PURL initiative<\/a>, which provides urgently needed American firepower to Ukraine. And through other channels as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-news\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/censor.net\/en\/news\/3560814\/erdo-an-nato-summit-2026-to-be-held-in-ankara\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next NATO leaders\u2019 summit to be held in Ankara in July 2026 \u2013 Erdo\u011fan<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Support for Ukraine <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to mobilize all our resources and continue to provide the support Ukraine needs. Because Ukraine\u2019s security is our security. Our continued strong support for Ukraine will also be a priority at the summit in Ankara,&#8221; the NATO Secretary General emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that the gathering of <a href=\"https:\/\/censor.net\/en\/tag\/1881\/nato\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NATO<\/a> allies, from the Black Sea to the Arctic, &#8220;demonstrates our unity and determination to stand together and defend ourselves against any threat from any direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-news\">Watch more: <a href=\"https:\/\/censor.net\/en\/videonews\/4001444\/zelenskyy-and-rutte-discussed-the-purl-programme-and-nato-support\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zelenskyy and Rutte discussed implementation of PURL programme and mobilisation of new contributions. VIDEO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Bucharest Nine are firmly anchored in NATO and transatlantic relations. russia remains [\u2026] the most significant and immediate threat to NATO. And it continues its ruthless war of aggression against Ukraine. We cannot let our guard down,&#8221; Rutte added.<\/p>\n<p> What preceded   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A strong Ukraine is key to stopping Russian aggression, which is why supporting it will be a priority&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[389,396,41990],"class_list":{"0":"post-73296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mark-rutte","8":"tag-mark-rutte","9":"tag-nato","10":"tag-support-of-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116582457213853048","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}