National flags of Alliance's members flutter at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -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. would give allies some time to do that.
Rubio spoke as he met fellow NATO foreign ministers gathered in Brussels, with Europeans hoping he would dispel doubts about the U.S. stance even with tensions rising over President Donald Trump's steep new trade tariffs.
