The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization says if the Russian invasion of Ukraine can be ended, relations with the Kremlin will likely be normalized. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte made the comment Friday during an interview with Bloomberg TV following his Thursday sit-down with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said relations with Russia should eventually be normalized once the fighting ends in Ukraine, while stressing the need to keep pressure on Moscow to ensure progress in ceasefire negotiations.

"It’s normal if the war would have stopped for Europe somehow, step by step, and also for the US, step by step, to restore normal relations with Russia," stated NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in an interview with Bloomberg TV.

Russia is offering notes on peace plans with Ukraine before U.S. officials have even laid out their proposal. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security adviser Mike Waltz are expected “to inform [the Kremlin] through various channels about the details of the negotiations and the

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has stated that relations with Russia should ultimately be normalised once the fighting in Ukraine comes to an end. Source: Rutte in an interview with Bloomberg, as reported by European Pravda Details: Rutte believes that it would be "normal" to,