April 4, 2025, Brussels, Belgium, Belgium: NATO Secretary General, MARK RUTTE briefs the press about the closing of the NATO Foreign Affair Members meeting. RUTTE stated that the success of negotiating the finances for aid and defense in Ukraine has been put in motion and that agreements on the next steps on ally strengthening are also underway. Concerns met with what intentions China has with the West and Russia, and tariff increase by US requires observance and not reaction on what spending could look like because of it. (Credit Image: © Bianca Otero/ZUMA Press Wire)