20 minutes agoChief NATO warned Germany
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Germany, as a NATO member, must honour its promise to increase military expenditures, Atlantic Alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said today, an issue that has caused tensions between the US and Donald Trump. Stoltenberg made these statements within a meeting in Washington on the occasion of NATO's 70th anniversary, [...]
Stoltenberg made these statements within a meeting in Washington on the occasion of NATO's 70th anniversary, where thematic weight division will be mentioned again.
“expects Germany to honour commitments made with all other NATO allies”, its secretary-general said during a press conference at Alliance headquarters in Brussels.
“expects them to respect their commitments on the matter of spending and they have handed them over NATO's a national plan in which they describe how to specifically increase defence spending by 80% in a decade of”, he added, added Atsh.
In 2014, NATO countries were committed to their military spending not being below 2% of the Bruto (PBB) domestic production, a target that must be achieved by 2024.
