Defense Secretary Higseth House The Europeans have warned this week that “facts” prevent the United States from being a security guarantor, and to expect US forces to withdraw in the region.
“We are focusing on the security of our borders. A group in Belgium on Wednesday.”
“The United States gives priority to deterring war With China In the Pacific Ocean. Consider the truth of scarcity and make the resources to ensure that deterrence does not fail. Determination cannot fail.“
This was the first Higseth trip to the headquarters of the NATO Alliance.
HegSeth prohibits future soldiers in the future, and makes comprehensive changes for those currently
Defense Minister Beit Higseth, the center, is participating in physical training with the first battalion, the tenth special forces group (mobile), which is the US Army's special forces battalion based in Stuttgart, Germany. (Defsec HegSeth on X)
The US Secretary of Defense called Europe to “absorb traditional security on the continent.”
“The European allies should lead from the forefront,” continued. “Together, we can create a section of work that increases our relative advantage in Europe and the Pacific, respectively.”
Higseth said on Tuesday that the United States does not have active plans to reduce forces in Europe, but it is still committed to analyzing the positions of American forces worldwide. Speaking at the headquarters of Africa in Stuttgart, Germany, he said that the United States is committed to the presence of Europe with emphasis on the continent that should not depend on this presence for security.
Higseth says on NATO's first visit to NATO's visit
“We are focusing on the security of our borders,” Defense Minister Betty Higseth said. (Defsec HegSeth on X)
“The European continent deserves to be free of any aggression, but it must be in the neighborhood more invested in this defense,” he said. “This is a common sense. You are defending your area, and the Americans will come next to you in helping this defense.”
Nearly 100,000 American soldiers are deployed All over EuropeAbout a third of them in Germany, according to the Ministry of Defense. About 375,000 American forces are appointed to India and the Pacific.
During his first term, the president Donald Trump Thousands of forces began to withdraw from Europe.
Under the Trump administration, the United States began to strengthen its forces on the southern border. About 1500 American soldiers were deployed on the southern border last week, up to 3600.
German Defense Secretary Boris Pisorius, UK Defense Minister John Healy, US Defense Minister Beit Higseth, Secretary -General of NATO NATO Mark Retty and Ukraine Defense Minister Rostat Omrov will meet a meeting of the defense group in Ukraine. (Reuters/Johanna Jeron)
Higseth also said that any European peacekeeping forces sent to help Ukraine win the war against Russia should not be from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and will not be protected under Article 5, a ruling stipulating an attack on the country of NATO is one of the attacks on everyone.
The defense minister said that the United States does not believe that allowing Ukraine to enter NATO is “a realistic result of negotiation settlement.”
Higseth also called on NATO states to ascend after Trump recently called for the defense spending to 5 %.
“The United States will not tolerate an unbalanced relationship that encourages dependency.”
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Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Foldimer Zelinski suggested that the security guarantees of Ukraine without the United States “are not real security guarantees.”
“There are voices saying that Europe can make security guarantees without Americans, and I always say no,” he told the Guardian newspaper. “Security guarantees without America are not real security guarantees.”
