May, Trump Agree on Importance of Keeping NATO Spending Target
- Leaders plan for national security advisers to meet by Xmas
- May speaks with Trump by phone as part of ‘regular dialog’
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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump discussed the importance of more NATO members meeting the minimum defense spending target in a phone call on Tuesday and agreed to meet each other at the “earliest possible opportunity.”
The leaders also agreed that their teams should build close relationships through Trump’s transition period, with their national security advisers meeting before Christmas, May’s office said on Tuesday in an e-mailed statement.