President Biden of the United States had a telephone conversation with the head of the alliance NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization and expressed his intention to cooperate on security issues with Russia.
US President Joe Biden had his first telephone conversation with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on the 26th.
According to a statement from the White House, President Biden expressed his intention to work together on issues such as common security issues and climate change in Russia and Afghanistan.
In addition, President Biden said that if any of the NATO member countries are attacked, he will emphasize Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which stipulates the exercise of collective self-defense. is.
This clause forms the basis of NATO, a military alliance, but former President Trump temporarily declined to state his responsibilities, raising concerns from member states, and the former Trump administration was a member state. The relationship between the United States and NATO member countries was jerky, asking for a fair share of defense spending.
At this meeting, President Biden emphasized his efforts to improve the alliance's relations by clearly showing his commitment to NATO.