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As EU leaders are speaking at the White House, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praises President Trump for "breaking the deadlock" with President Putin by "starting dialogue."
Rutte added that "if we play this well, we can end this," referring to the war in Ukraine.
The NATO leader then adds that it is "very important" that Trump is saying he is "ready to participate" in security guarantees for Ukraine - saying it is "a big step" and a "breakthrough".
In response, Trump praises NATO countries for increasing their defense spending from 2% of GDP "which has not always been paid" to 5% "which has been paid."
While Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the EU commission, also welcomed the security guarantee being offered by the Americans.
"It's very good to hear that we are working on security guarantees, security guarantees similar to Article Five," she says.
This is the principle that an attack on one NATO member is an attack on the entire alliance.
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