U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attends first NATO meeting

Record ID: 645211

  • Title: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attends first NATO meeting
  • Date: 31st March 2017
  • Summary: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (MARCH 31, 2017) (REUTERS) U.S. FLAG OUTSIDE NATO HEADQUARTERS, NATO CONTROL TOWER ON BACKGROUND US FLAG SNIPER ON ROOFTOP OVERLOOKING MAIN ENTRANCE CARS DRIVING PAST NATO HEADQUARTERS MAIN ENTRANCE
  • Embargoed: 14th April 2017 11:07
  • Keywords: NATO US Stoltenberg Tillerson defence defense spending foreign
  • Location: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • City: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • Country: Belgium
  • Topics: European Union,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016AAIXJB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: NATO foreign ministers on Friday (March 31) looked into ways of keeping Washington committed to the alliance, which the new U.S. President Donald Trump has denounced as "obsolete", as they gathered in Brussels for a rescheduled one-day meeting.
    The alliance advanced the talks to an earlier date to accommodate Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's agenda.
    Under Trump, Washington has stepped up pressure on Europe to pay more for its own defence. The new U.S. president has also said fighting terrorism was his chief priority and the alliance should do more on that.
    Only four European NATO members - Estonia, Greece, Poland and Britain - met the alliance's agreed requirement of spending two percent of their annual economic output on defence.
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