According to the Reuters agency, citing words NATO Secretary General Marek Rutteall members Alliance may agree to stabilize defense expenditure on the level 5 percent GDP.
Increasing defense expenditure in NATO. Decision next month
Rutte He also informed that the final decision on this matter would be made next month.
– I assume that in Have We will agree to a high defense expenditure, in total at 5 percent. – he said Mark Rutte during the meeting NATO parliamentary assembly in Dayton.
Secretary General Allianceu He also noted that “he will not say what the individual division” for each Member State.
– It will be much north of 3 percent when it comes to hard expenses – he added.
NATO wants to fulfill Trump's demands. Increasing defense expenditure
At the beginning of May, the Reuters agency reported that from the site Marka Rutte There was a proposal to increase defense expenditure w countries NATO up to 3.5 percent their GDP and another 1.5 percent for wider security activities.
According to the agency, this matter is about fulfilling the demands US prezydenta Donald Trump.
He confirmed the idea of ​​increasing defense expenses then Prime Minister Holandii Dick Schoof.
– Rutte He sent a letter to all NATO membersin which he says that he expects the commitment to NATO peak will amount to 3.5 percent on hard military expenses to be achieved in 2032, and 1.5 percent. in relation to related expenses – he said at the beginning of the month head of the Dutch government.