And 2% was just a mutually agreed upon & commitment GOAL (by 2024), not any
sort of requirement, or else.
Eighteen of NATO’s 31 members are expected to spend at least 2% of their GDP on defense this year, the treaty organization’s leader said on Wednesday.
“That is another record number and a six-fold increase from 2014 when only three allies met their target,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday ahead of a meeting between the alliance’s defense ministers in Brussels.
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Link: Record 18 NATO states expected to meet 2% defense spending threshold this year
Posted: 02/19/2024 at 1:51PM