NATO's top official Mark Rutte met with Meloni following a trip to Germany. At the top of the agenda: the war in Ukraine.
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00:00NATO Chief Mark Rütte visited Italy on Tuesday where he met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgio
00:08Meloni to discuss defence and support for Ukraine.
00:14Since taking over as NATO Secretary General, Rütte has sought to shore up Western support
00:19for war-ravaged Ukraine and encourage member states to boost defence spending.
00:28On Ukraine, we are establishing a new command, NATO Security Assistance and Training for
00:34Ukraine, which will become fully operational in the coming months.
00:39And we are well on our way to fulfilling our pledge to provide Ukraine with 40 billion
00:44euros of military support in 2024.
00:49We will continue to stand by Ukraine, because Ukraine's fight is our fight.
00:56Meloni echoed Rütte's comments, calling for greater European involvement in NATO.
01:01We have always supported the need for a solid European pillar at the NATO's North American
01:09pillar.
01:10It is a vision that we share with the new Secretary General and we share the fact that
01:17it is essential for all of us to work in a European defence industry that is innovative,
01:23that is competitive, that exploits the complementarity between NATO and the European Union.
01:29A day prior, Rütte also met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, discussing the involvement of
01:35the US in the alliance in the event of Donald Trump's victory in the upcoming presidential
01:39election.