NATO New Defense Spending Pledge to Be 'Considerably Higher' Than 2% of GDP - Rutte

NAMPA / Sputnik
2025-02-03
MOSCOW, February 3 (RIA Novosti) - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday that the alliance continues to assess defense funding needs, and the new level of financial commitment of the member-states will be well above the bar of 2% of GDP. US President Donald Trump said in January that NATO countries had to increase their defense spending to 5%. of GDP​​​. NATO countries agreed at a summit in Vilnius in 2023 to spend at least 2% of GDP o......
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