The new head of NATO, Mark Rutte, made his first foreign visit to Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on his Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
"This is really important. The priorities are immediately clear, where right now the protection of the common values of the entire Euro-Atlantic continues. And it also emphasizes that we in Ukraine can count on Mark's further personal leadership," he said.
Zelenskyy emphasized that the key goal of Ukraine is full membership in the Alliance.
He and Rutte also discussed Ukraine's Victory Plan, the situation on the battlefield, the current needs of military units, and Ukraine's needs for air defense and additional cooperation with its neighbors.
Zelenskyy also emphasized that now, before winter, it is important to implement all the agreements reached regarding air defense, in particular, what was discussed at the NATO summit in Washington.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on October 1, the former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, officially took over the post of NATO Secretary General, replacing Jens Stoltenberg, who has led the Alliance for the past ten years.
In his farewell speech, Stoltenberg called for more weapons to be given to Ukraine, which would make it possible to end the war faster.
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