Britain’s request to NATO members to increase the military budget

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, quoted by the German D-site publication, “David Cameron “, British Foreign Secretary asked NATO member countries to increase their military spending to 2.5% of GDP. According to Cameron, especially considering Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Western defense alliance should become harder and more decisive. He emphasized: The illegal invasion of Russian President Vladimir Putin showed that acting too late and insufficiently only encourages an aggressor. NATO must outpace its adversaries, including in cooperation and innovation.

According to excerpts from the speech, Cameron also wants Britain’s old partnerships, including the G7 alliance of the largest industrialized nations and the Five Eyes intelligence alliance. , consisting of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia. But the UK foreign secretary also wants to promote new alliances, such as the Aukus military alliance with the US and Australia, set up in 2021.

At the Wales summit in 2014, NATO members pledged that two per cent To defend their economic productions. In light of the war in Ukraine, the United States has long insisted that this is the lowest limit.

However, most NATO member states are still working to reach the two percent mark. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius warned last year that this goal “will not be immediately achievable for most economies.” Germany wants to achieve this goal for the first time this year. British Ministry of Defense