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06/24/2025June 24, 2025
NATO summit: Trump set to get his way on defense spending
While the escalation in the Middle East will be high on NATO summit’s docket, the spotlight is on a massive increase in defense spending. This comes in response to pressure form US President Donald Trump. .
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Watch: What is NATO?
NATO is the world’s largest military alliance, and is more than three-quarters of a century old. It now has 32 member countries. But what exactly is NATO and what are its tasks?
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Welcome to our coverage
NATO allies gathered in The Hague on Tuesday to begin a two-day summit which would see countries in the transnational military alliance discuss a boost their defense spending.
Leaders, defense and foreign ministers of the 32 member states, along with representatives of NATO’s Indo-Pacific partners — Australia, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand — are expected at the summit.
The Netherlands summit comes amid the shadow of the escalation in the Middle East and the ongoing war in Ukraine. Both crises are likely to be addressed during the session.
NATO countries are expected to vote in favor of increasing defense spending to 5% at the summit.
Getting NATO members to shell out more money in defense spending has been a key demand of US President Donald Trump, who is also expected to attend.
Stay with our updates as we bring you the latest news and analyses from the NATO summit.
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