2024-05-09 12:31:35
British Foreign Minister David Cameron pleaded Thursday for NATO countries to increase their defense spending to 2.5% of their GDP in the face of various challenges around the world.
During a speech that described his services as “great” at the national cyber security center, the British diplomatic chief, who was appointed last November, urged London’s allies to follow the path of the United Kingdom.
NATO currently recommends military spending at 2% of GDP but not all of its members reach it and some countries such as the United Kingdom want to go further.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced last month an increase in military spending from 2.3% to 2.5% by 2030.
“We are in a battle of wills. Great Britain and our allies and partners around the world, we have to prove our enemies wrong,” stressed David Cameron, British Prime Minister from 2010 to 2016.
The next NATO summit, scheduled for Washington in July, must ensure that “all allies are on the right track to their commitment made in 2014 (…) 2%” of their GDP to spend on meet protection.
“And we must then establish 2.5% as a new reference point for all new NATO allies,” he said, emphasizing the importance of cooperation and innovation.
“If Putin’s illegal invasion” of Ukraine “taught us anything, it’s that too little too late only contains an aggressor,” he argued.
“We are at a crossroads, if we make the right choices, act now, a bright future awaits us. But if we hesitate, our adventures will write our future for us,” he warned. “We need courage, the courage to decide our own destiny. »
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