NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met President-elect Donald Trump in Florida as Europe waits apprehensively to see how the next administration will approach the war in Ukraine.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, a spokesperson for the transatlantic military alliance said on Saturday.

NATO says its leader and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump have met for talks on global security. The military alliance said in a brief statement on Saturday that NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Trump met on Friday in Palm Beach,

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met US President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on Friday. "They discussed the range of global security issues facing the alliance," NATO spokeswoman Farah Dakhlallah told dpa.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Florida to discuss global security issues. Rutte also met other members of Trump's national security team. Despite media speculation,

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte earlier expressed willingness to meet Donald Trump at his Florida estate. President-elect Trump is expected to again push NATO members to ramp up defense expenditures in his second term.

The talks focused on key issues related to global security, confirmed NATO spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah. Details of the conversation were not disclosed.

NATO chief Mark Rutte is visiting U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at his residence in Florida, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported on Friday, citing sources.

NATO chief Mark Rutte held talks with US President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on the "global security issues facing the alliance", a spokeswoman said.

If confirmed, Matthew Whitaker would become the face of a Trump administration expected to play hardball with the alliance.