Brussels - Germany will raise new security requirements in Europe, Frank-Walter Steinmeier vowed Monday as his country marks NATO's 70-year-old members in the context of the Trump administration, showing U.S. priorities are elsewhere.

"Today, with the war on Ukraine (Russian President Vladimir) going all out, and the United States puts huge pressure on its European allies, I think Germany is at a critical position," Steinmeier said.

"Germany is being called, we heard the phone call. We received the message, in fact, Mark, you can rely on us."

At the same location in February, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Ukraine’s Western supporters — mostly NATO members — “This distinctive strategic reality prevents the United States of America from focusing primarily on European security.”

Heggs said that in addition to the security challenges the United States believes are posed by China, the United States will also "focus on the security of our own borders."

His remarks were the first member of NATO's new Trump administration - unresolved Germany and other allies, and many wondered how many U.S. troops might be withdrawn from Europe and when any security vacuum could be filled.

There is no formal announcement of the U.S. withdrawal plan.

Heggs also added that Ukraine will not withdraw all its territory from Russia and will not be allowed to join its security organization, which will provide Kiev with the ultimate security guarantee to ensure Putin will never attack again.

NATO leaders have always insisted that membership should be discussed only among allies and candidates, and Moscow cannot have a say, but recently it has become a bargaining for negotiations between the United States, Russia and Russia and Ukraine.

Founded in 1949, NATO is a fortress for the Soviet Union to oppose aggression in Europe. Former West Germany sought protection as its 15th member on May 6, 1955, as fears of the Soviet army east of the Iron Curtain grew.

The threat from Moscow remains for seven decades, with the ambitious plan of the German incoming coalition abandoning strict debt rules to increase higher defense spending to help strengthen the country's long-neglected military.

The outgoing government created a special 10 billion euro ($114 billion) fund to modernize and help Berlin also achieve the goal of NATO spending 2% of GDP, which could be set at 3% or higher when the group's leaders were held in the Netherlands in June.

"We will work to make Germany a military and infrastructure, which is the backbone of conventional European defense," Steinmeier said.

Speaking in the spongy atrial interior that led to the NATO conference hall and the country office, he praised the Allied decision to recognize West Germany as member and said he hoped that NATO leaders would show similar “strategic wisdom today, because the path from here looks more uncertain than then.”

Steinmeier said the challenge is to uphold values ​​such as democracy and the rule of law to defend the territory. "We all know that these people are being attacked not only from outside, but from inside," he said.