The Netherlands' Deputy Prime Minister says European nations should accept US criticism and increase defence spending, citing the Ukraine war as evidence that Europe must strengthen its military capabilities and become a better ally to the United States.

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Europe must take greater responsibility for its own defence, learn from Ukraine's battlefield experience and become a stronger partner to the US, the Netherlands' Deputy Prime Minister Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius told CNA's Tan Qiuyi on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue.