New York, Sept. 2 -- US' Permanent Representative to the NATO, Matthew Whitaker, has urged Europe to take a greater role in handling its security, reiterating President Donald Trump's stance that EU nations should increase their own defence spending by 5% of their national GDP in the military bloc.
Whitaker's comments came at the recent convening of the Bled Strategic Forum, where he argued that it was sheer naivety to expect diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine, given that at the moment, Washington has no leverage which it could use to convince or pressure Russia to end its ongoing military campaign in Ukraine, reports TASS.
"I think that the United States has been very clear: we want this war to end. We want the fighting to stop. I think...