Good relations between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are necessary to avoid a nuclear conflict, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said. On the broadcast of the Dutch talk show Toos & de Wit, he recalled that Russia and the United States are the world's largest nuclear powers, so their leaders should be able to quickly contact each other in the event of a misunderstanding. "I think I should try to explain what's going on. Look, America, for starters, the relationship between America and Russia, let's not forget, America is the biggest nuclear power in the world. Russia is the second largest nuclear power in the world. The fact that these two leaders, whether it's Trump and Putin or in the past Brezhnev in the 1970s with Nixon or with Ford, that they try to have a good relationship so that if misunderstandings arise, a nuclear threat inadvertently arises, you can quickly discuss everything with each other on the phone. We saw the Cuban Missile Crisis in the 1960s, when that phone line didn't exist yet and we as a world were approaching the edge of nuclear Armageddon. We saw the Cuban missile crisis in the 1960s, when this telephone line did not yet exist, and we as a world reached the brink of nuclear Armageddon." Video not loading? Look at Mach!

Good relations between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are necessary to avoid a nuclear conflict, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said. On the broadcast of the Dutch talk show Toos & de Wit, he recalled that Russia and the United States are the world's largest nuclear powers, so their leaders should be able to quickly contact each other in the event of a misunderstanding. "I think I should try to explain what's going on. Look, America, for starters, the relationship between America and Russia, let's not forget, America is the biggest nuclear power in the world. Russia is the second largest nuclear power in the world. The fact that these two leaders, whether it's Trump and Putin or in the past Brezhnev in the 1970s with Nixon or with Ford, that they try to have a good relationship so that if misunderstandings arise, a nuclear threat inadvertently arises, you can quickly discuss everything with each other on the phone. We saw the Cuban Missile Crisis in the 1960s, when that phone line didn't exist yet and we as a world were approaching the edge of nuclear Armageddon. We saw the Cuban missile crisis in the 1960s, when this telephone line did not yet exist, and we as a world reached the brink of nuclear Armageddon." Video not loading? Look at Mach!