Kathmandu, June3

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg met with U.S president Joe Biden.

Biden and Stoltenberg "discussed the implications of Russia’s war on Ukraine for Transatlantic security and the importance of strengthening NATO’s deterrence and defense, in addition to ensuring NATO is properly resourced to address a wide range of challenges, from cyber to climate change," the White House said in a statement.

Speaking to reporters outside the White House after meeting with US President Joe Biden on Thursday, Stoltenberg has said that the war in Ukraine has become "a war of attrition, " and Western nations must prepare for "the long haul, ".

He also said it is difficult to predict how or when the conflict will end but expressed confidence that war in Ukraine would end at the negotiating table.