The White House expects more NATO countries to increase defense contributions to 2% of GDP

The White House made a statement regarding NATO contributions/Channel 24 Collage (Photo by Getty Images)

The White House expects NATO countries to increase their defense contributions. We are talking about 19 members of the Alliance out of 32.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre spoke about this at a briefing. According to her, NATO members agreed to this at the Vilnius summit in the summer of 2023, writes 24 Channel.

What the White House said about NATO contributions

At the Vilnius summit last summer, NATO members agreed that to address shortcomings and respond to changing dynamics security will require expenditures of more than 2% of GDP, said Karine Jean-Pierre. plan to spend at least 2% of their total gross domestic product (GDP) on defense. She assured that this is a six-fold increase since 2014.

This is an important milestone and a clear demonstration that allies recognize the need to invest more security after Putin’s repeated invasion of Ukraine,” the spokeswoman said.

According to her, the United States is convinced that Alliance members will continue to increase their investments in defense, to answer calls.

What preceded this

< li>Donald Trump said in February 2024 that if Russia attacked NATO member countries, the United States would not help those states that do not pay contributions to the Alliance’s defense budget.
• Also, the 45th US President said that he could encourage Russia to attack NATO countries that pay little.
• Joe Biden reacted to Donald Trump’s words. The American president said that Trump does not understand the role of NATO in protecting freedom and security.
• Biden assured that when the United States assumes obligations, they fulfill them, and NATO is a sacred commitment.