NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with US President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, a spokesman for the transatlantic military alliance has revealed .
"They discussed a range of global security issues facing the Alliance," spokesman Farah Dakhlallah said in a brief statement.
On its website, NATO said Rutte and his team also met with Congressman Mike Waltz, Trump's pick to be his national security adviser when he returns to the White House, and other members of the team. of national security of the president-elect.
On Friday, NATO did not respond to requests for comment on Dutch media reports that Rutte, the former prime minister of the Netherlands, had traveled to Florida on a Dutch government plane to meet Trump.
Rutte, who took over as NATO chief last month, was widely regarded as one of the best European leaders to forge a good working relationship with Trump during his first 2017-2021 term as president. USA.