'This is not the time to go it alone,' NATO's Rutte tells U.S. and Europe


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  • Thursday, 27 Mar 2025

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte meets with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at Prime Minister Chancellery in Warsaw, March 26, 2025. REUTERS/ Kacper Pempel

WARSAW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned the United States and Europe on Wednesday against any temptation to "go it alone" on security, amid increased tensions over the future of the transatlantic alliance and diverging views on Russia.

U.S. President Donald Trump this month cast doubt on Washington's willingness to defend NATO allies it deemed were not paying enough for their own defence, triggering alarm among European leaders as they try to shore up Ukraine in its fight against invading Russian forces.

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