Norway reconfirms commitment to NATO defense spending target
2018-07-15 09:25:28 source：Xinhuanet
July 15, 2018
OSLO -- Norway on Saturday reconfirmed its commitment to gradually increase defense spending to two percent of GDP in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during a visit by U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis to the Nordic country.
"Norway is committed to the two percent goal in NATO, and our new long-term plan for 2021-24 will have this commitment as a key premise," Norwegian Minister of Defence Frank Bakke-Jensen said at a joint press conference with Mattis.
But the Norwegian minister did not mention any specific deadline for meeting this spending goal.
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