Slovenia responds to NATO’s call for increased defense budget

Slovenia responds to NATO’s call for increased defense budget

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Following indications from NATO that allies will have to increase the defence spending benchmark from the current 2% of GDP to over 3%.

As CE Report quotes STA, a Defence Ministry official has said Slovenia will focus on honouring its commitment of increasing spending to 2% of GDP by 2030.

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves," State Secretary Damir Črnčec told the STA.

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