1202 GMT - European governments would be willing to increase their spending on U.S. weapons for Ukraine, as long as the Trump administration continues to militarily support the war-torn country, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte tells the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "If this new Trump administration is willing to keep on supplying Ukraine from its defense industrial base, the bill will be paid by the Europeans, I'm absolutely convinced of this, we have to be willing to do that," he says. Europe needs the U.S. to "stay involved" in the Ukraine war, he adds. (cristina.gallardo@wsj.com)
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