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epa11634800 Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte looks on during a ceremony to mark the transition to the new NATO Secretary General, at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 01 October 2024. Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte succeeds Jens Stoltenberg as Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on 01 October 2024 after the latter's ten years at the helm of the Alliance. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

‘No security in Europe without independent Ukraine’, says new NATO head

NATO’s new secretary general, Mark Rutte, has said that there “can be no security in Europe without a strong and independent Ukraine” in his first speech as head of the military alliance.