During his visit to the White House, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte assures Biden that the war in Ukraine would have turned out very differently without the leadership of the United States
Ukraine again dominated the agenda in the first bilateral talk the US president has with a European leader since Saturday’s Dnipro massacre. It was the first time that Mark Rutte visited the Biden White House, although he had done so before with Trump and Obama. He was invited, Biden clarified sarcastically, despite the Dutch team knocking off the US team at the World Cup. To which he responded with the same humor that it was the first time the fireplace had been lit in the Oval Office, a reminder of the 1980s energy crisis with Jimmy Carter.
Jokes aside, the deaths of at least 44 civilians in the Dnipro apartment building were soberly planned between the two presidents. “Those terrible images reinforce our decision to further support Ukraine,” Rutte said. Even more bluntly, the Dutch Prime Minister praised the role that the Biden administration has played in this war. “I am convinced that history will write that without his leadership things would have turned out very differently,” the Dutchman said in front of the cameras.
Outraged by the still warm corpses, both leaders have decided that Putin must pay for the crimes he commits. “Let’s make sure he is brought to justice. It is crucial,” the Dutch prime minister asked. The White House considers him an important ally in its goal of keeping NATO together, which is of great concern to Biden. If we remain united, it will go in the direction of Ukraine,” he promised. He was not talking about the victory of the Zelensky government in the war against Russian power, but with every crime, the US generals loudly call for Ukraine to guns it needs to win that war Biden is thinking rather of giving him enough margin so that he has weight at the negotiating table to force an acceptable compromise from Putin.
In addition to discussing unbridled support for Ukraine in the face of “brutal Russian aggression” and strengthening transatlantic security, other issues were on the agenda. Both countries are discussing critical technology cooperation with China, particularly on the issue of semiconductors that the US wants to restrict in the Asian giant so it cannot access computer chips that allow it to develop and maintain advanced military technology. “Together we are working to keep the Indo-Pacific region free and open to the US and, quite frankly, to meet the challenges of China.” The need to ensure the continuity of the global supply chain, the interruption of which due to the pandemic has placed the economy in a precarious situation and led to inflation.
The two leaders will also co-chair the second Virtual Summit for Democracy in late March, sponsored by Biden, which will also host Costa Rica, Korea and Zambia, whom he has invited to sit at the main table to expand the reach of extend the crest beyond major economies.
Source: La Verdad
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