NATO Security General Jens Stoltenberg has flagged the body will take a stronger stance on encouraging contributions to Ukraine's war effort amid concerns the potential election of Donald Trump to the White House will put Kyiv's future in jeopardy.
NATO Security General Jens Stoltenberg warns body is considering taking stronger line on Ukraine funding, amid fears Trump-led US would remove support
Defence spending was on an “upwards trajectory” across the alliance, as the NATO chief outlined the plan to make progress on a new “defence industrial pledge” to be approved by NATO Summit leaders in Washington DC in July. A Washington Post journalist asked Mr Stoltenberg for more information on the arming of Ukraine, and to explain how NATO mandate functions would prevent a withdrawal of support from a future US president, in what has been described as “Trump-proofing”.
“Of course, we appreciate what the United States and all the allies have done, it is unprecedented, at the same time we saw that the United States spent six months agreeing on a supplemental for Ukraine.“If we turn this into not ‘voluntary contributions’ but ‘NATO commitments’, of course it will become more robust, it will become more reliable.”
The NATO leader said there had been “dangerous nuclear rhetoric from the Russian side” and that Moscow had sent nuclear weapons to Belarus. Mr Stoltenberg was asked since Ukraine could not become a NATO member in the near future, what other alliance options were available for the embattled nation.
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