NATO Secretary Normal Mark Rutte met U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Seashore, Florida, on Friday, a spokesperson for the transatlantic army alliance stated on Saturday.
“They mentioned the vary of world safety points going through the Alliance,” the spokesperson, Farah Dakhlallah, stated in a quick assertion.
On its web site, NATO stated Rutte and his group additionally met with Congressman Mike Waltz, Trump’s choose to be his nationwide safety adviser when he returns to the White Home, and different members of the president-elect’s nationwide safety group.
On Friday, NATO didn’t reply to requests for touch upon Dutch media reviews that Rutte – a former prime minister of the Netherlands – had flown to Florida on a Dutch authorities airplane to satisfy Trump.
Rutte, who took workplace as NATO chief final month, was broadly thought to be among the finest European leaders at forging a great working relationship with Trump throughout his first, 2017-21 time period as U.S. president.
