Overview
- NATO says Secretary General Mark Rutte will be in Washington on Oct. 21–22 to meet President Donald Trump.
- A NATO official says the talks will focus on alliance support for Ukraine and on U.S. efforts aimed at a lasting peace.
- The alliance says the stop was added to Rutte’s schedule recently and that no press availability is planned.
- Axios reports the meeting was set before the White House pulled down a proposed Trump–Putin summit in Budapest following Trump’s recent call with Vladimir Putin.
- TASS cites Bloomberg reporting that European governments and Kyiv are drafting a 12-point plan to resolve the war.