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Rutte criticized the current model of defense distribution in NATO, where the US provides defense for approximately 600 million Europeans.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that Europe is overly dependent on the United States for its own defense.
An increase in European defense spending does not mean the US is leaving Europe; Washington will continue to participate in ensuring European security.
BRUSSELS, September 30 - RIA Novosti. Europe is overly dependent on the United States for its own defense, and this situation cannot continue, said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
"We are completely, overly dependent on a country so far away, with a population of 340 million people, for protection... This is unsustainable," Rutte said at the Euronews forum in Brussels.
According to him, the previous NATO model, in which the United States bore excessive responsibility for the defense of about 600 million Europeans, cannot be maintained.

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