Russia-Ukraine peace deal: Nato threatens sanctions on India, China, Brazil; Mark Rutte says 'call Putin'
While meeting with senators in the US Congress, Rutte urged the three countries to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin and persuade him to take the peace deal with Ukraine "seriously.
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'My encouragement to these three countries, particularly, is: if you live now in Beijing, or in Delhi, or you are the president of Brazil, you might want to take a look into this because this might hit you very hard,' Rutte told reporters.
'So please make the phone call to Vladimir Putin and tell him that he has to get serious about peace talks, because otherwise, this will slam back on Brazil, on India, and on China in a massive way,' Rutte added.
This comes after US President Donald Trump announced new weapons for Ukraine and threatened "biting" secondary tariffs of 100% on buyers of Russian exports - unless a peace deal is reached within 50 days.
Rutte said Europe would find the funds to ensure Ukraine was in the best possible position during peace negotiations.
He added that under the agreement with Trump, the US would now "massively" supply Ukraine with weapons "not just air defense, also missiles, also ammunition paid for by the Europeans."
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Asked whether long-range missiles for Ukraine were under discussion, Rutte said: 'It is both defensive and offensive. So there are all kinds of weapons, but we have not discussed details yesterday with the president. This is really being worked through now by the Pentagon, by the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, together with the Ukrainians.'
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