ANKARA: NATO is adjusting to a shifting security landscape and the United States is not seeking to leave the alliance, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler told Reuters ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara next week. Turkey will host 32 NATO leaders, along with officials from the Gulf and Asia‑Pacific region, on July 7‑8, amid alliance tensions over burden‑sharing, defense spending, and U.S. concerns about allies’ limited involvement in reopening the Strait of Hormuz. In written responses to questions, Guler said the summit will focus on bloc unity, evaluating allies’ increased defense spending, strengthening defense‑industry cooperation, and boosting support for Ukraine. Ankara should be involved in European defense initiatives, he added. “NATO continues to be an unparalleled and fundamental platform for Euro‑Atlantic security and defense. We view the period we are going through not as a crisis but as a process of adjusting to the changing security environment,” Guler said. He said the United States has no intention of withdrawing from NATO, but wants European allies and Canada to assume greater responsibility for Europe’s security, which must include Ankara in its defense plans and initiatives.