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US President Joe Biden has temporarily stopped the plans drawn up under his predecessor Donald Trump to withdraw 12,000 American soldiers from Germany.
In a speech at the State Department in Washington on Thursday, Biden said there will be no troop withdrawal until a thorough review of the worldwide stationing of US soldiers is completed.
General Tod Wolters, who is responsible for the US armed forces in Europe, had previously announced that the plans would be put on hold.
Trump announced the partial withdrawal of US soldiers from Germany last June.
He justified this, among other things, with insufficient defense spending by the NATO partner.
Accordingly, a third of the 36,000 soldiers in Germany at the time should return to the USA or be relocated to other European NATO countries.
This would have primarily affected three locations in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate.
A legislative package on the defense budget that was passed against the will of the president prevented implementation from starting during Trump's term of office.
Biden has called for stronger international cooperation to overcome global challenges.
Challenges such as the corona pandemic, climate change and the fight against the proliferation of nuclear weapons could only be met through cooperation between nations, Biden said.
“We can't do it alone.
We will rebuild our alliances. "