NATO leaders will attempt to make a convincing show of unity on Wednesday when they meet to conclude the summit.
President Donald Trump attending a reception hosted by Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of the NATO alliance summit.LONDON - NATO leaders will attempt to make a convincing show of unity on Wednesday when they meet to conclude a summit already overshadowed by bitter rows about the future of the alliance.
The leaders met in various groups in London on Tuesday before having dinner with Queen Elizabeth II in Buckingham Palace, but Macron refused to withdraw his charge that NATO strategy is"brain dead" and Trump continued to insist some capitals were"delinquent" in paying their way. "Seventy years on, we are rock solid in our commitment to NATO and to the giant shield of solidarity that now protects 29 countries and nearly a billion people," Johnson was to say, according to his office.In recent weeks Macron has tried to shake up the agenda by demanding a review of alliance strategy, but Trump -- who arrived boasting that he had forced members to boost defence spending -- hit back hard.
He noted that Turkish forces have attacked the Kurdish militia that backed the allies against the Islamic State in Syria, and he accused Ankara of working with"ISIS proxies". Erdogan has threatened to hold up NATO efforts to bolster the protection of the Baltic republics against Russia, unless the allies brand the Kurdish militias who defeated the IS group in Syria as"terrorists".
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