Rubio to NATO: "Trump has been disappointed by some allies"

The countries of Nato are studying the dossier on a possible military disengagement in Europe by the United States. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, And “was frankly disappointed“from the lack of support of”some NATO allies” to the attack on Iran. This was declared by the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubioat the opening of the ministerial meeting Nato di Helsingborg.

Rubio to NATO: “The reduction of US troops is not punitive”

The reduction of the US military presence in some European countries”it is not punitive“, Rubio pointed out, at the opening of the Atlantic Alliance’s foreign ministerial meeting in Sweden.

“NATO countries do not produce ammunition at the necessary rate”

According to the US Secretary of State, NATO countries do not produce munitions”at the pace necessary for future needs“. “One of the sectors in which I believe we can certainly collaborate” explains Rubio “is that ofdefense industry. It is clear to everyone, within the alliance and beyond, that we are not capable of producing today ammunition at the rhythm nnecessary for future needs“. This “is a problem that needs to be addressed. This is something we can do work together. It’s something we want to work on together. I believe it is fundamental not only for production, but also for interoperability. So I guess it’s going to be a topic of discussion“.

Tajani, “Italy had no news on US soldiers”

“Italy he hasn’t heard anything yet its one possible reduction of US troops on our territory. This was stated by the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, on the sidelines of the NATO ministerial in Helsigborg

“We haven’t had any news yet, in my opinion it would be a mistake to reduce the US presence in Europe which must not mean Europe’s disengagement”, underlined Tajani, “it seems to me that yesterday the United States decided di send more soldiers to Polandfor example, then Let’s see what the decisions will befor now there has been nono decisionno declaration by the United States towards Italy”.

“Italy is in favor of Ukraine in the EU but respect times and rules”

Italy is “in favor of full membership of Ukraine“to the EU but”Time is needed and certain rules must be respected“. This is the position of the Italian government reiterated by Tajani, on the sidelines of the NATO ministerial in Helsingborg who thus commented on the German proposal to concedere of Kyiv lo status Of associate member.

“We we are ready to do our partI also said this regarding corruption in Zelensky”, continued Tajani, “we are also ready to use the Guardia di Finanza which has great experience in this sector and contacts are already underway between Ukraine, the Ministry of Economy and the Guardia di Finanza to see how we can encourage corruption fight against corruption and therefore help Ukraine to respect all the rules for joining the European Union. So it is an active contribution, not declarations but an active contribution to help this country.” “I spoke about it at length with Zelensky during the last mission to Kiev, he was very happy with this”, concluded the deputy prime minister.