Stoltenberg: The US will remain a “strong ally” of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The United States of America will remain a “strong ally” of NATO regardless of the outcome of the American elections, the Secretary General of the Alliance Jens Stoltenberg said today, a few hours before the first debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, almost five months before the US presidential election that will pit these two Democratic and Republican candidates against each other. “I expect the U.S. to remain a strong ally regardless of the outcome of the U.S. election, because that is in the U.S.’s security interest,” Stoltenberg said in an interview with AFP. Asked about former and current presidential candidate Trump’s frequent incendiary statements against NATO, Stoltenberg emphasized that his criticisms “are not aimed at NATO, but at NATO Allies who do not contribute sufficient amounts of money to the spending of the North Atlantic Alliance. This situation has “now changed”, the GG stressed, with 23 out of 32 countries […]
Source: News Beast

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