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NB: This may not be a word-for-word transcript. Remarks by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the Joint Press Conference with Prime Minister Keir Starmer 3 February 2025 Prime Minister Starmer, dear Keir, it is great to see you again, and I’m delighted to welcome you here to NATO Headquarters. The United Kingdom, as you know, has always been a staunch and essential Ally. You are one of the founders of our great Alliance. RAF pilots help secure Allied skies. The Royal Navy helps keep our sea safe, and the British Army contributes to our shared security. You are world-leading in cyber and innovation, and you make an invaluable contribution to our nuclear deterrent. UK is also firm friends to Ukraine: you have provided billions in military and humanitarian aid, vital training and landmark security guarantees. Going forward, we must not only sustain but continue to step up our support, so that when the time comes, Ukraine can sit at the negotiating table in a position of strength a
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