Trump and Stoltenberg discussed the possibility of a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the Donbass
The President of the United States Donald trump and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg talked on the phone.
This was reported in the White house.
The subject of conversation was the situation in Ukraine. “The parties discussed the possibility of a peaceful resolution of the conflict along the Ukrainian border”, — said in a statement.
Trump also will take part in the meeting of NATO leaders, which will take place in Europe during the second half of may.
“The leaders discussed how to persuade all NATO members to meet their funding commitments to the Alliance”, — said the press service. The parties agreed on the need to continue to coordinate the actions of the US and NATO “to respond to the entire spectrum of security challenges facing the Alliance”.
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We will remind that earlier the US President Donald trump said that he believes that NATO is an obsolete organization.
“I have long said that NATO has problems. First, she dated, because it was designed many years ago,” said trump.
According to trump, NATO is not enough attention to terrorism, and this is a disadvantage, indicating that the Alliance is outdated.