BRUSSELS: NATO leaders, including US President Donald Trump, are set to affirm an “ironclad commitment” to collective defense under the alliance’s Article 5 pact at a summit in Ankara next week, according to a text approved by NATO ambassadors on Friday and reviewed by Reuters.
NATO members are also set to pledge €70 billion ($80 billion)
in military assistance to Ukraine for 2026 and “at least equivalent levels” of support in 2027, according to the declaration, which still needs final approval from the leaders at the summit.
“We ... have gathered in Ankara to reaffirm our ironclad commitment to our collective defense under Article 5 of the Washington Treaty and to the transatlantic bond. An attack on one is an attack on all,” says the declaration for the summit, which takes place on July 7 and 8.
Trump has accused NATO and its members of not spending enough on defense and relying on the US to protect Europe.
