Mark Rutte considers it “very difficult” to say whether peace in Ukraine is any closer

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Thursday, November 12, in Dublin, that it is “very difficult to say” whether the prospect of peace in Ukraine is any closer, after several days of intense diplomatic negotiations held in the United Arab Emirates, Russia, and Ireland.

In an interview with AFP on the sidelines of the European summit in Dublin, Rutte praised the “hard work” carried out by American, European, and Ukrainian negotiators to end the war. However, he avoided providing details about the content of the discussions and stressed that the United States, Europe, and Ukraine are “on the same page.”

The NATO chief rejected the idea that Russia should have a say in the Alliance’s decisions, as Washington and Moscow discussed a possible reassessment of the European security architecture. “This is not a negotiation,” Rutte said.