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European Council President Donald Tusk urged US President Donald Trump to "value his allies". The President of the European Council made such a statement on July 10 in Brussels after the signing of a new cooperation agreement between the European Union and NATO – a day before the start of the EU summit. North Atlantic Alliance in Tusk. Brussels
"I want to appeal to US President Donald Trump …, who has long criticized Europe for almost an inadequate contribution to defense forces and living together at the expense of the United States", declared Tusk
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"Dear President Trump, America does not have and will not have a better ally than Europe," he said. Stoltenberg expressed hope that the alliance summit this week will show that there is no division between the United States and the European allies. "I will not be surprised if the summit will have fierce discussions, but I am confident that in the fundamental things we will be the only ones.North America and Europe remain united, and we will make the decision to strengthen our alliance and protect our citizens over the next few years, "said Stoltenberg
. NATO is in the interest of America and Europe. "
Trump has repeatedly called on NATO nations to increase their defense spending to 2% of GDP by 2024.
Some European officials have expressed concern that his trip to Europe CA also includes a visit to the UK and July 16 summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki – may lead to the erosion of the transatlantic unit
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