Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, said some countries are counting on tightening the cap on defense contributions. This was reported in an interview DPA.
NATO countries will discuss their defense spending targets in the coming months,” he said. Now the minimum contribution is 2% of the GDP of each member country of the alliance.
Stoltenberg added that he will lead the negotiations, where they will raise the issue of the minimum contributions of the member states of the alliance.
“We will meet at ministerial level, we will negotiate in the capitals,” Stoltenberg said.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
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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Former NATO Secretary General He insisted The West gives long-term support to Ukraine because of the conflict with Russia.