RFE: Stoltenberg: NATO Defense Spending To Rise For First Time In Decade
Spending on defense by European members of NATO will grow for the first time in a decade, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told the Financial Times in an interview published on May 31.
“The forecast for 2016, based on figures from allied nations, indicates that 2016 will be the first year with increased defense spending among European allies for the first time in many, many years,” Stoltenberg said.
“We are faced with uncertainty. We are faced with more threats, more security challenges, than in a generation," he said.
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