In a statement released on Sunday, Germany’s defense minister rejected claims by President Donald Trump that her country owes NATO “vast sums of money.”. Ursula
von der Leyen said
“there is no debt account in NATO. To relate the 2%
defense spending that we want to reach in the next decade solely to NATO
is wrong. The defense spending also goes to UN-peace mission, into
European missions and towards our contributions to the fight against
ISIS terrorism.”
Von der Leyen was responding
to claims by Trump that some NATO allies owe money after not meeting
defense spending targets. Germany spent 1.19% of its GDP on defense last
year.
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