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In the UK, at least 3.5 percent of all NATO members of all members of the GDP are expected to spend at least 3.5 percent of the United Kingdom, at least 3.5 percent of GDP.

After the pressure from US President Donald Trump, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte currently agrees to agree to a higher goal of 3.5 percent compared to 2 percent. An additional 1.5 percent for areas such as security and protection infrastructure will be directed to the additions added to 5 percent.

NATO Defense ministers, including England John Healey, will meet at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, and the authorities were informed about the preparations for the authorities.

However, the time is potentially awkward for the Labor government, as it is potentially awkward, because it is trying to strengthen defense costs with strong state funding and a number of unpopular welfare cuts.

Monday Monday Star started a long time ago Strategic defense opinionIn a century, the largest foundations of the British Armed Forces have been overhauled, but refused to give a certain date to increase defense spending to 3 percent.

The Prime Minister said, “100% of this could be delivered,” he said, but still refused to give a clear date.

To increase defense costs until 2035, support NATO’s impetus will raise fresh questions about the future of money. The government’s government will be funded by 2027 to be increased from 2.3 percent to 2.5 percent to increase in defense spending, leaking the international assistance budget.

In the next parliament, 3 percent will increase the cost of £ 85 billion pounds of £ 64 billion in 2024, and in 2035 to increase more than £ 100 billion.

Trump demanded At a level where all NATO allies say US officials will “equate the defense burden of Europe”, let’s not undertake NATO allies to the expenditure of the GDP.

NATO diplomats, the US President’s NATO leaders in the NATO leaders, who agreed to the demand of Trump, said he was a condition for participating in the end of this month.

Other leaders hope that because you hit the target, Trump will not repeat our threats to protect us to NATO allies and weapons in Europe to reduce American troops and weapons.

According to a plan compiled by Rutte, the 5 percent target consists of 1.5 percent of the main defense costs and 1.5 percent on defense-adjacent issues such as cyber security and military motility infrastructure. Most allies already hit 1.5 percent, ie 3.5 percent, the main defense costs are a bigger problem for members.

“I think we will agree with a total of 5 percent in the Hague,” Rutte said last week by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Downing Street refused to comment after commenting on the statements that the government received the government’s first approach in NATO.

The British report of the SDR report, the former NATO Secretary General and the author, the LORD Robertson, Podcast’s Podcast-In Rutte said on Tuesday …..

“I can see that many countries will be very difficult for many countries to do so,” Robertson said.

Additional report by Jim Pictard in London