“We are rock solid in our commitment to NATO,” Johnson said to NATO leaders at the opening of summit celebrating the alliance’s 70th birthday.

“History shows that peace cannot be taken for granted and even as we celebrate this anniversary we must ensure our deeds match our words,” Johnson said, Reuters reported.

“We must never shy away from discussing new realities, particularly NATO’s response to emerging threats like hybrid warfare and disruptive technologies including space and cyber,” he said.

In November, Macron told The Economist magazine that the world was experiencing the “brain death” of NATO, warning that members of the alliance could no longer rely on the US.

In comments to the press ahead of a NATO meeting in London on Tuesday, Trump said Macron’s words had been “very, very nasty” to the other 28 member states. He added that it was “very insulting” for the French president to label NATO as brain dead. “You can’t go around saying that about NATO,” Trump added.

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