Biden to host Netherlands’ Rutte for White House talks
Jan 11, 2023, 11:17 PM | Updated: Jan 12, 2023, 1:26 pm
FILE - Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden during a round table meeting at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, June 29, 2022. Biden will host Rutte at the White House on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, for talks that are expected to center on the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the White House on Tuesday for talks that are expected to center on the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby in announcing the meeting called the Netherlands “a very key supporter of security assistance in Ukraine.”
The Netherlands has already contributed $3 billion to support Ukraine and has committed to spending $1 billion more.
Kirby said the two leaders also plan to discuss the Summit for Democracy, which they are co-hosting with Costa Rica, South Korea and Zambia in late March.
Biden hosted the inaugural democracy summit in December 2021, which the administration billed as the start of a global conversation about how best to halt the backsliding of democracy.
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