?The alliance remains a fundamental bedrock for the United States and for all the trans-Atlantic community,? Mattis told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday as he headed into the two-day gathering.
?As President Trump has stated, he has strong support for NATO.?Exactly a month after Trump described the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as ?obsolete,? discussion of U.S. foreign policy will dominate the talks.
Mattis didn?t talk about the issue and made no mention of Russia by name as he spoke to reporters on arrival at the NATO meeting.
Defense Secretary James Mattis said the U.S. remains fully committed to NATO in his first meeting with his alliance counterparts as investigators question the ties between President Donald Trump?s team and Russian intelligence agents.
As he entered the meeting, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg avoided a question about Flynn, saying it?s a crucial time in the trans-Atlantic alliance and neither Europe nor the U.S. can tackle their challenges alone.
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