Reference Message Network reported on June 11 according to a report by Russia's Sputnik News on June 11 that US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth believed that due to Washington's shift of attention to the Pacific region, the US NATO allies should shoulder the responsibility of containing Russia.
The report said that Hegseth made remarks at a meeting of the US House of Representatives: "Our strategy is based on this common sense: our NATO allies have the economic strength to contain Russia, while our own resources are becoming increasingly stretched. As we shift our focus to the Pacific, we expect our NATO allies to invest more resources in defense to form strong deterrence in Europe."
Hegseth also said that NATO allies should take primary responsibility for European conventional defense, as this has become inevitable and fair to American taxpayers.
According to the report, Hegseth recently stated that the United States plans to reconsider its global deployment plan for US troops. After the NATO defense ministers' meeting, he said: "Our defense strategy clearly stipulates that we will defend and blockade the southern border... We will appropriately shift to and restore deterrence in the Indian Ocean-Pacific region. The United States cannot and should not be present everywhere... It is also reasonable to reconsider the real-time deployment plan for troops."
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