Pentagon chief to start first Europe trip with visit to NATO HQ in Brussels

  14 February 2017    Read: 1082
Pentagon chief to start first Europe trip with visit to NATO HQ in Brussels
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will visit the North Atlantic Treaty Organization`s (NATO) headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, the day one of his first official trip to Europe.
Mattis is expected to meet his counterparts from NATO member states and to host a meeting of senior officials in the US-led international coalition against the Daesh jihadist group, banned in many countries including the United States and Russia.

According to the US Department of Defense, the visit will emphasize the country’s commitment to NATO as well as to defeating Daesh terrorists.

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