US President Barack Obama.
US President Barack Obama has said NATO is “critical” to the security of America and its allies in Europe, a virtual rejection of Republican front-runner Donald Trump’s views that the intergovernmental military alliance has outlived its utility.
“NATO continues to be the linchpin, the cornerstone of our collective defense and US security policy,” Obama told reporters yesterday along with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the White House. The Obama-Stoltenberg meeting came in the wake of Trump’s remarks.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest has termed such remarks as “ill-advised”. Obama, however, did not make any direct comment on …read more
Source: The Indian Express