The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has warned Donald Trump that the US will face a "serious threat" from China, Iran and North Korea if Ukraine is forced to make concessions to end the war with Russia.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has warned against US President-elect Donald Trump's plans to conclude a peace deal for the Ukraine war, saying that these plans will lead to Western enemies forming alliances and planning attacks.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Rutte said a "good deal" for Ukraine should be concluded when the right situation for negotiations with Russia arises, and also called for the United States to continue military support for Kiev until then.
Trump has previously claimed he wants to bring a quick end to the Ukraine war after taking office, while some of the US president-elect’s allies have said he could pressure Kiev to cede territory to Russia in exchange for a ceasefire.
Other Western leaders who support Ukraine, including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, have argued that the West should continue to send arms to Kiev.
Keir Starmer stressed for the first time on Monday night the need for a negotiated solution to the war in Ukraine. His speech came hours after outgoing US President Joe Biden approved another package of military aid for Ukraine.
Mark Rutte, who met with Trump and his foreign policy team on November 23 to discuss “a range of global security issues facing the coalition,” said he had warned the US president-elect about a bad ending to the war in Ukraine during their talks.
“We cannot have a situation where Kim Jong-un (North Korea’s leader), Russia’s leader, Xi Jinping (China’s president) and Iran form an alliance because we did not make a good deal for Ukraine,” he told the Financial Times. “That would be a serious security threat not only to Europe but also to the United States in the long term.”
Rutte, who succeeded Jens Stoltenberg as NATO’s new secretary general in October, said there were deep economic and military ties between Russia, China, North Korea and Iran, adding that “money and weapons are flowing between them, fueling wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.”
“The fact that Iran, North Korea, China and Russia are working so closely together means that the world’s conflict zones are becoming increasingly interconnected,” he added.
Rutte's comments mean that NATO and other Western countries are trying to persuade Donald Trump to continue US support for Ukraine by arguing that it is in America's interest to continue such support.
Several senior members of Trump's team have previously said they believe Ukraine is a European issue and that the US should focus on China and Iran instead.
Trump has previously called on NATO members to increase their national military spending to 3 percent of gross domestic product, a 50 percent increase from the previous NATO requirement of 2 percent.
Rutte also highlighted what he called the alleged risks posed by the transfer of missile technology from Russia to North Korea and the transfer of cash from Russia to Iran, and claimed in an apparent reference to Taiwan: "If a good deal is not reached for Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping may have some thoughts about what else will happen in the future."