Pakistan, May 10 -- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said Europe wants to keep NATO strong and fully functional despite political differences with the United States. He stressed that the alliance remains central to European and global security.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. is going to significantly reduce its troop presence in Germany, escalating a dispute with Germany’s leader Friedrich Merz as he seeks to scale back America’s commitment to European security.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on ​Thursday he did not want the NATO alliance to split over the Iran war but played down reported threats by U.S. ‌President Donald Trump to withdraw troops from NATO countries seen as not pulling their weight.

Amid the brewing diplomatic row between Germany and the United States, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on late Sunday that ’the US is and will remain Germany’s most important partner’ in Nato.

NATO issued statement after United Stated decided to withdraw its troops from Germany. According to Al Jazeera, NATO says it is assessing the details of the US decision to pull about 5,000 troops from a key partner in the Western