Pentagon to not invite key allies to NATO meeting next month — Politico

According to Ukrinform, Politico reported this, citing anonymous sources. According to six diplomats familiar with the plans, the meeting in Poland, led by Elbridge Colby, head of the Pentagon's policy office, is effectively a working group focused on NATO's future. At the same time, many countries that were not invited, including the United Kingdom, France and the Baltic states, spend substantial amounts on defense and play important roles in the Alliance. Their diplomats have therefore questioned the reasons for their exclusion. "We're doing everything that is being asked of us. We're trying to understand what the criteria is and what the purpose of these meetings are.