The presence of the US forces in Europe allows them to be a global power, and this is good both for Europe and for the United States, the NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday at NATO summit in Brussels.

This allows the US to be a global power and to project force into Asia, the Middle East, he said adding that no large country has as many allies as the United States.

Jens Stoltenberg hopes that summit will reaffirm commitment to the tasks of increasing defense spending.

Despite trade disagreements, the Allies increase defense spending, the NATO chief concluded.