Polish President Andrzej Duda on Monday mentioned NATO members ought to enhance their defence spending to 3 p.c of GDP in response to Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine.
The Western defence alliance presently has a defence spending goal of two p.c of gross home product, although Poland already spends round 4 p.c.
“I want to propose in the near future… that NATO members decide together that the alliance requirement will be to spend not 2 percent, but 3 percent of GDP on defence,” Duda informed reporters.
“That will be the threshold below which it will absolutely not be recommended to go,” he added forward of visits to Washington and Brussels.
On Tuesday, Duda and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden to mark 25 years since Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary joined NATO.
Duda mentioned NATO should give a “clear and courageous response to Russian aggression”.
“This response will consist of increasing the military capacity of the North Atlantic Alliance,” he added.
NATO is a “defence alliance, and defence means that if someone threatens us, we react.”
In a separate video tackle to the nation, Duda known as his proposal “the best response to today’s threats to international security”.
He additionally penned an opinion piece on the subject that was revealed by the Washington Post on Monday.
Source: www.anews.com.tr