BRUSSELS (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured NATO on Wednesday that the Biden administration will reinforce its support for Ukraine in the few months before Donald Trump returns as president and will try to strengthen the alliance during this period .
In a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels, Blinken also said that the deployment of North Korean troops to help Russia in the war in Ukraine “demands and will receive a firm response.”
President-elect Trump, who questions U.S. military support for Ukraine, has said he will quickly end Russia’s war without saying how, raising concerns among U.S. allies that he could try to force Kiev to accept peace on Moscow’s terms. . Biden leaves office on January 20.
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Blinken said after meeting Rutte at alliance headquarters that they discussed continued support for Ukraine, where Russian forces have been making gains on the eastern front lines, and the work NATO should do to strengthen its industrial base. of defense.
The outgoing U.S. administration “will continue to reinforce everything we are doing for Ukraine” to ensure it can fight effectively next year or negotiate peace with Russia from a position of strength, he declared.
Biden “will use every day to continue to do what we’ve done over the last four years, which is strengthen this alliance,” Blinken said, adding that Biden officials were working to deliver all aid approved by the U.S. Congress to Ukraine before leave office.
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