Starmer says NATO in US's 'interests' as Gulf tour endsQatari minister Mohammed al-Khulaifi bids farewell to Britain's Keir Starmer (left) at Doha airport. (Photo: AFP)DOHA - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted on Friday that NATO was "in America's interests", at the end of a three-day visit to the Gulf to discuss bolstering the "fragile" Middle East truce. It's in European interests," Starmer told UK broadcasters of the nearly 80-year-old security bloc. Starmer later spoke by phone to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, ahead of planned ceasefire talks in the South Asian country. Starmer thanked Sharif for his "critical role" in securing the temporary, two-week truce, according to a readout issued by Starmer's Downing Street office.

Source: Bangkok Post April 10, 2026 23:04 UTC