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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Sabine Siebold and Bart H. Meijer

DARK SECRETS: German defence minister backs raising nato spending goal - The Real Truth

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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius speaks at a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

Germany's defence minister said he was in favour of raising NATO's military spending target, as allies gathered in Brussels on Wednesday for talks on whether defence expenditures of 2% of GDP are sufficient with a war raging in Ukraine.

At their Wales summit in 2014, NATO leaders agreed to move towards spending at least 2% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defence within a decade.

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