US Secretary of State to meet with NATO after much speculation

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will attend a meeting with his NATO counterparts later this month.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Photo: Slate

Mr. Tillerson will meet with NATO foreign ministers on March 31, changing the plan from the original plan, CNN today quoted a US State Department official as saying.

The US Secretary of State was previously expected todid not attend the first meeting with NATO due to a conflicting reception schedule.Chinese President Xi Jinping visitsApril 6-7.Some US lawmakers and diplomats expressed concern when it emerged that Mr. Tillerson had skipped a meeting with NATO.

GrandfatherMark Toner, acting spokesman for the US State Department, said on March 21 that the NATO meeting “did not fit” with Mr. Tillerson’s schedule. NATO then made some changes so that the US secretary of state could attend.

However, a NATO official said the meeting on March 31 is tentative, and discussions between leaders are still underway.

The summit of foreign ministers of 28 NATO member countries was originally scheduled to take place on April 5-6 in Brussels, Belgium.

According to VNE