“It is not written in stone that the transatlantic bond will survive forever but I believe we will preserve it.”
He said he expected Trump to be “very strong” on defence at the summit — a reference to the US president’s complaint that fellow Nato members were not honouring a commitment to try to raise defence spending to 2 per cent of national output.
Stoltenberg met Trump earlier this year and praised his work to push Nato members into meeting the commitment. On Thursday, he took a conciliatory tone, saying it was also necessary to recognise that European states had started to increase their spending.
“It is possible to say we have done a lot, but a lot remains,” he added.
Stoltenberg praised Britain for being one of the countries to meet the spending target. — Reuters
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