The Secretary of the US Department of State, Marco Rubio, said Thursday “all” NATO member countries will have agreed 5% raise their defense expenditure during the next decadewhen the summit of the agency planned for June in The Hague is celebrated.
“I can tell you that we head to a summit within six weeksin which practically all NATO members will reach or exceed 2%. But more importantly, many of them will be above 4%. And everyone will have agreed to reach 5 percent in the next decade, “he said in an interview with the American television network Fox News.
The head of the diplomatic portfolio has celebrated that “it will be a historical moment if it comes to fruition” and has assured that “It’s what their counterparts have agreed” of the Atlantic Alliance during the informal meeting on Thursday held in the Turkish city of Antalya.
Likewise, Rubio has blamed this supposed advance to White House tenant effortsDonald Trump, during his first term. “I think all this dates back to 2018, when President Trump challenged the members of the Alliance to take a step forward,” he said in what he has described as “one of the most important moments in NATO’s history.” At that time, he said, some of them spent “less than one percent of their economy in defense.” “Since then, we have seen improvements,” he said.
