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Trump calls on allies to increase defense spending to 4% of GDP
BC, Riga, 12.07.2018.Print version
US President Donald Trump who is attending the NATO Summit in Brussels urged the allies today to boost defense spending to 4 % of their countries' GDP, his spokeswoman said.
The figure is twice what the allies have already pledged to
reach by 2024.
"During the president’s remarks today at the NATO summit
he suggested that countries not only meet their commitment of two % of the GDP
on defense spending, but that they increase it to 4%," White House Press
Secretary Sarah Sanders said.
She added that "President Trump wants to see our allies
share more of the burden and at a very minimum meet their already stated
obligations.”
Current military spending trends suggest that only half of
the Alliance’s members will meet the 2% of GDP target by 2024.