US troop withdrawal from Europe to take 'years' - general
Source: DW
11 hours ago
The US will take years to withdraw its troops from Europe, NATO top commander Alexus Grynkewich said Tuesday. It comes after US President Donald Trump announced a decision to pull about 5,000 troops out of Germany and cancel the deployment of long-range Tomahawk missiles.
What did the general say about US withdrawal from Europe?
The general stressed that the US withdrawal would be coordinated with European allies' strengthening of their own defense capabilities.
"As the European pillar of the alliance gets stronger, this allows the US to reduce its presence in Europe and limit itself to providing only those critical capabilities that allies cannot yet provide," Grynkewich told reporters after a meeting of NATO military chiefs at the military alliance's headquarters in Brussels.
"We're going to stay well-synchronized with our allies moving forward," he said. "I can't really give you an exact timeline; it's going to be an ongoing process for several years.". Grynkewich is a US Air Force general and serves as the NATO military alliance's Supreme Allied Commander.
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