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Mike Pence warns Europe that lack of spending 'erodes the foundation' of Nato as Russia calls for 'post-West world order'
he failure to meet Nato spending targets "erodes the very foundation of our alliance", America’s vice president said on Saturday, reinforcing Donald Trump’s ultimatum that its countries must spend more on defence. Mike Pence's comments came as the Russian foreign minister descried Nato as a "Cold War institution" whose expansion had led to unprecedented tensions in Europe over the past thirty years, and called for a "post-West world order." Russia wants to build pragmatic relations with the United States based on mutual respect, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told an audience at the Munich Security ... (full story)
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France says it wants Pence to clarify Trump's stance on EU
France said on Saturday that U.S. Vice President Mike Pence would need to clarify his administration's stance toward the European Union when he meets officials in Brussels next week, given President Donald Trump's previous support for Britain's exit. Pence is due in the Belgian capital on Monday. "I don't want to prejudge Vice President Pence's intentions ... I hope that we will have a clear response, because Donald Trump has said he was overjoyed by Brexit and that there would be others. So we are waiting clarifications."