Ukraine may be left out of the NATO summit because of the US

The United States under President Donald Trump is pressuring the alliance to scale back many of its overseas operations, including ending a key mission in Iraq, according to four NATO diplomats.

This is reported by Politico.

In recent months, Washington has also lobbied to scale back NATO’s peacekeeping operation in Kosovo and sought to prevent Ukraine and allies from the Indo-Pacific region from officially participating in the alliance’s annual summit in Ankara in July.

This initiative reflects the White House’s desire to see NATO solely as a Euro-Atlantic defense pact and to abandon decades of expanding the alliance into crisis management, global partnerships, and value-based initiatives that have long irritated the US president and his MAGA base.

Under pressure from Washington, NATO is to reduce so-called “out-of-area operations,” which go beyond the alliance’s core missions of defense and deterrence. Diplomats say the initiative has been informally dubbed “return to factory settings” within the alliance.

If the plan goes ahead, it could lead to a rapid reduction in NATO activities in former war zones and limit the participation of capitals, including Kyiv and Canberra, in formal talks this summer.

The White House declined to comment on NATO’s partnership programs and global operations.

Recall that the United States does not plan to withdraw from NATO.

As reported, the ceasefire in Ukraine could increase the risk of a Russian attack on NATO’s eastern flank.

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