Nato foreign ministers meet to navigate shifting partnership with the US – Europe live

Rubio begins with thanks to Sweden for hosting the ministerial meeting.

But that’s where the niceties end as says the upcoming Ankara summit will be “one of the more important leaders’ summit in the history of Nato ,” as the leaders will have to respond to Trump’s “disappointment” with the alliance’s “response to our operations in the Middle East.”

“That will have to be addressed, that won’t be solved or addressed today. That’s something for the leaders level to discuss. ”

He notes the US announcement on Poland, but adds “ the United States continues to have global commitments that it needs to meet in terms of our force deployment , and that constantly requires us to reexamine where we put troops.”

“This is not a punitive thing, it’s just something that’s ongoing, and it was pre-existing,” he says.

He says there’s plenty of scope to work with Nato on defence industrial base.