Secretary of State Marco Rubio departed for today’s meeting with his NATO counterparts with a traditional message of support coupled with a warning that Europe can’t rely on America to do all the heavy lifting.

By Sabine Siebold and Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO chief Mark Rutte and the new U.S. ambassador sought to reassure European allies on Thursday that Washington will remain committed to the Western military alliance despite harsh words from President Donald Trump.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has reported that he will take part in the NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels on 3-4 April. Source: Interfax-Ukraine, as reported by European Pravda Details: During a briefing with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock in Kyiv,

Worried about Russian aggression, some members on NATO’s eastern flank have ramped up spending well above the 2% mark. Poland already is at 5% of GDP, for example. Italy, Portugal and Spain, on the other hand, are yet to hit even the 2% level.

The United States is as committed to NATO as ever but demands that European allies spend substantially more on defence, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday, while adding that the U.S.

Despite encouraging words from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, European allies and Canada remain concerned by President Donald Trump’s readiness to draw closer to Russian leader