18 NATO Countries to Meet 2% Defense Spending Target in 2024, European Allies to Invest $380 Billion

18 NATO Countries to Meet 2% Defense Spending Target in 2024, European Allies to Invest $380 Billion

Eighteen of the 31 NATO countries will meet the 2% defense spending target of their gross domestic product in 2024, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday, as quoted by Reuters. “I expect 18 allies to spend 2% of their GDP on defense this year,” Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference in Brussels, adding … Read more