Readout of President Joe Biden's Meeting with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg of NATO

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. met today with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ahead of NATO's 75th Anniversary Summit in Washington, DC next month, which the President will host. The President welcomed steps NATO Allies are taking to support Ukraine and to deepen partnerships, including in the Indo-Pacific. President Biden and Secretary General Stoltenberg also discussed significant progress on defense spending, including that a record 23 Allies will reach NATO's two percent spending threshold, a more than two-fold increase since President Biden took office.