Mark Rutte, NATO secretary general, says Trump-Putin summit will ‘test’ Russian leader’s commitment
By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times - Sunday, August 10, 2025
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Sunday that President Trump’s high-stakes meeting with President Vladimir Putin will test whether the Russian leader is serious about ending the war in Ukraine.
Mr. Rutte said Mr. Trump has set the table for the meeting by ratcheting up the pressure on Mr. Putin through increased tariffs on India over its reliance on Russian energy and agreeing to send lethal weapons to Ukraine.
“Next Friday, it will be important, because it will be about testing Putin,” Mr. Rutte said on ABC’s “This Week” of the scheduled meeting in Alaska. “How serious he is about bringing this terrible war to an end?”
In preparation for the meeting, Mr. Rutte said that Ukrainian and European leaders had “successful” talks on Saturday with Vice President J.D. Vance in London.
He stated that he hopes the Trump-Putin meeting will move the ball forward to full-scale negotiations that address Ukraine’s security concerns and whether Ukraine would cede land as part of a peace deal.
“It will be, of course, about security guarantees, but also about the absolute need to acknowledge that Ukraine decides on its own future,” he said. “That Ukraine has to be a sovereign nation.”
Mr. Trump has been here before.
In 2018, he met with Mr. Putin for two hours behind closed doors.
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