NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte held a meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, as confirmed by a spokesperson for the military alliance on Saturday.

According to spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah, the two leaders addressed various global security challenges confronting the Alliance. On the same day, NATO refrained from commenting on Dutch media reports indicating that Rutte, a former prime minister of the Netherlands, had traveled to Florida aboard a Dutch government aircraft for the meeting with Trump.

Rutte has been recognized as one of the most effective European leaders in establishing a productive working relationship with Trump during his initial term as U.S. president from 2017 to 2021.