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NATO said that the position of the new Secretary General of the Alliance, Mark Rutte, on this issue is the same as that previously expressed by Stoltenberg.
The current Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, calls on the Allies to remove or loosen restrictions on Ukraine's strikes with Western weapons on Russian territory.
This was stated by Acting Deputy Secretary General of NATO Boris Ryuge during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on November 25, Voice of America reports.
According to the deputy, the position of Mark Rutte on this issue is the same as previously expressed by Stoltenberg.
“Since the time when he took the office of NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte has called on the allies to lift the restrictions,” says Rüge. He explained that the permission to strike Russia is approved by the allies at the national level. At the same time, NATO emphasizes that Kyiv is defending itself in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, and the struggle of Ukraine is not…