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Instan a los aliados de la OTAN a incrementar gasto de defensa
July 10, 2024 - Se espera que este año, 23 de los 32 miembros de la OTAN cumplan con lameta de gasto de defensa de la alianza de al menos 2% de sus PIBs, pero dada la amenaza de Rusia, surgen exhortos para un aumento a 2,5%.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would fulfil a campaign commitment to increase UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP,as he departed for a NATO summit in Washington. But underlined he would only do so when the country could afford it and after a review of defence strategy.
The UK is one of NATO’s biggest spenders and has been a key supplier of arms to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, though the British military has still suffered from years of underfunding.
Up to 23 NATO members will meet the alliance's target of allocating at least 2% of GDP to defence this year, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in June, highlighting how allies have raised military spending since Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.