NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called on the member states of the military alliance to significantly increase their defense spending on the backdrop of geopolitical confrontation with Russia. “We need to be ready to make it significantly more than the 2% we were used to,” Route said during his visit to Lithuania. NATO Secretary -General said that the existing goal of the alliance for defense spending of 2% of GDP is no longer sufficient to address today’s security challenges. The host of the meeting in Vilnius, Lithuanian President Gitana Naoussa, also called on the allies to invest more funds to strengthen their armed forces. “Russia will not wait,” he said meaningfully. The Lithuanian president warned that Russia is trying to rebuild its armed forces as soon as possible. “We have a very limited time to do the same,” he said and expressed hope that it would be possible to reach an agreement to increase defense expenditure […]
Source: News Beast
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