NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte met with US President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach of Florida in USA.
NATO spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah confirmed the matter on Saturday.
Palm Beach, Florida is the location of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
The two leaders "discussed the range of global security issues facing the alliance," Dakhlallah said, without revealing further details.
Trump is expected to push NATO members to pay more in defense expenditures in his second term, pushing for allies to spend 3% of their GDP on defense. In the past, Trump has also claimed that he "would encourage" Russia to "do whatever the hell they want" to countries which he deems are not paying their bills.
Trump has also said he opposes further military aid to Ukraine, an idea which many European NATO members find disheartening.
Trump has nominated Matthew Whitaker to be US ambassador to NATO. Whitaker is expected to pursue Trump's "America First" agenda during talks with NATO allies.
Source: DW
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