Ankara/Warsaw ¨C NATO chief Mark Rutte on Wednesday sought to shore up confidence in Washington¡¯s commitment to the military alliance as anxious allies met U.S. President Donald Trump at a key summit in Ankara.
¡°There is complete commitment of the United States to NATO,¡± he told reporters before the opening of the main session.
¡°But there¡¯s also an expectation ... that the Europeans and the Canadians will equalize their spending with the United States ... which I think is completely fair,¡± he added regarding one of Trump¡¯s main complaints about the alliance.
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