US EditionItalian, Norwegian PMs Slam Trump's Remarks on NATO Role in Afghanistan
Meloni condemned Trump’s comment as disrespectful to NATO allies who lost 53 soldiers and deployed thousands in Afghanistan over nearly 20 years, highlighting allied sacrifices.
- On Thursday, Giorgia Meloni and Jonas Gahr Store criticised Trump’s Fox Business remark that non-U.S. NATO troops `stayed a little back, little off the front lines`.
- NATO activated Article 5 after the 11 September 2001 attacks, prompting allied deployments including Italy's leadership of Regional Command West during the international mission.
- Meloni said Italy paid `an unquestionable price` with 53 soldiers killed and more than 700 injured in combat over nearly 20 years, and Italy called remarks minimising NATO contributions unacceptable.
- Both leaders called the comments disrespectful, with Jonas Gahr Store writing on Facebook that `the fallen, their survivors and those who served in Afghanistan deserve to be addressed with truth and respect`.
- Officials warned such remarks could strain alliance cohesion, given Italy's nearly 20 years of deployment and NATO's activation of Article 5 after 1 September 2001.
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Italian, Norwegian PMs slam Trump's remarks on NATO role in Afghanistan
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store expressed criticism over U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks suggesting that non-U.S. NATO troops had stayed off the front lines in Afghanistan.
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