NATO ministers meet to prepare first summit with Biden

NATO’s foreign and defence ministers are meeting to lay the groundwork for the military alliance’s first summit with US President Joe Biden, setting aside four tumultuous years with the Donald Trump administration. On Tuesday, the ministers are discussing a hefty communique being drafted for the June 14 summit in Brussels, which will reaffirm the unity of the 30-nation security alliance – which has been riven by infighting in recent years – and focus on future threats and challenges. “This is a pivotal moment for our alliance, and our collective security,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on the eve of the meetings. “In a more competitive and unpredictable world, we need transatlantic unity.”