German minister, on Trump's troop withdrawal plan, says security is not a commodity (Reuters)

Start Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2020

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Security is not a commodity to be traded, German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Tuesday in reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany.


"NATO is not a trade organisation, and security is not a commodity," Kramp-Karrenbauer said during a discussion at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Berlin.


On Monday, Trump accused Germany of being "delinquent" in its payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and vowed to stick with the troop withdrawal plan unfewer Berlin changed course. 

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