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US President Donald Trump to travel to Brussels for NATO summit in May

US President Donald Trump will travel to Brussels on May 25 on his first foreign trip to attend a meeting with leaders from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries. <br/><br/>White House in a statement said that the President looks forward to meeting with his NATO counterparts to reaffirm Washington's strong commitment to the NATO and to discuss issues critical to the alliance.Trump's trip to Brussels, Belgium for the NATO Summit would be his first overseas visit after he was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on January 20. <br/><br/>He has also committed himself to travel to Germany later this summer to attend the G-20 Summit which among others would be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Modi has been invited by President Trump for a White House meeting this year. The Prime Minister has also extended Trump an invitation to visit India. NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg <br/>'<br/>Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary James Mattis met NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg at the Pentagon today wherein they discussed the fight against ISIS and the situation in Afghanistan among other things.Mattis said he looks forward to engaging with the coalition members who are in Washington this week on the counter-ISIS fight.

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