JAKARTA - Finnish President Alexander Stubb admitted that he had not heard from anyone who seriously said the United States (US) would withdraw from NATO.

His remarks came shortly after Stubb made a surprise trip Saturday to meet US President Donald Trump in Florida, where they discussed various topics and also played golf.

"I haven't heard any serious news from anyone in the US administration, and I emphasize to anyone serious in the US administration, who says they will somehow withdraw from NATO," Stubb said at an event at the London School of Economics.

"What President Trump is doing is now right. He put pressure on European countries to increase their defense spending and take more responsibility for their own security," Stubb said.

Trump has repeatedly demanded that NATO members in Europe increase their defense spending and question his country's main funding for NATO.


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