Transatlantic defence ‘strengthened’, says NATO chief
20 June 2018 |
2:13 pm
In an interview with FRANCE 24, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg talked of the upcoming July NATO summit in Brussels, saying he believed it would be less divisive than the recent G7 summit in Canada.
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