At the summit in July 2023, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said members of the North Atlantic Alliance could raise their defense spending target, currently defined as 2% of each state’s GDP. Stoltenberg said this in an interview with the newspaper. Strip.
“I think a new defense spending target will be set when we come together at the NATO summit to be held in Vilnius in July. The Alliance’s Secretary-General said that the original 2 percent target was designed for ten years to 2024, now we need to update it.
He noted that he did not yet know exactly what would be agreed upon.
“I can imagine that this will be a more ambitious goal than before, as everyone sees that we need to invest more. I am confident that an agreement will be reached at the summit in Lithuania,” Stoltenberg said.
Jens Stoltenberg previously not and does not intend to become a party to the conflict in Ukraine.
Currently, a special operation of the Russian Armed Forces is underway in Ukraine. It was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022. According to him, the purpose of military action is to demilitarize the neighboring country and to navy the authorities.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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Source: Gazeta
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