Brussels, Feb 15 (AFP) US Defence Secretary James Mattis bluntly warned NATO allies today that Donald Trump’s administration would “moderate its commitment” to the transatlantic alliance unless members met their spending pledges.
Mattis’s no-nonsense message to his counterparts in Brussels follows years of calls by Washington for allies to spend at least two percent of their GDP on defence, a goal that only a handful meet despite agreeing on it at a summit in 2014.
It packs extra weight as it comes after Trump has said US help for NATO members — already worried by the threat from Russia in the east …read more
Source: India.com
