President Donald Trump agreed to attend a meeting of NATO leaders in May during a phone call Sunday with alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg. The conversation also touched on the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, according to a White House statement.
Trump and the NATO secretary-general “discussed how to encourage all NATO allies to meet their defense spending commitments,” the statement said.
On the campaign trail, then Republican presidential candidate Trump criticized NATO, calling it “obsolete,” worrying some European leaders about his level of commitment. But in the call Sunday, Trump expressed “strong support” for NATO.
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Source: Voice of America
