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NATO Hatches Deal On Higher Spending To Keep Trump Happy

US President Donald Trump is pressuring NATO allies to ramp up their defence spending target to five percent of GDP (Credit: AFP)

NATO foreign ministers meeting in Antalya from Wednesday will look to forge a compromise deal on ramping up defence spending as allies scramble to satisfy US President Donald Trump's demand to agree to five percent of GDP at a summit next month.

The two-day gathering in the sun-baked Turkish seaside resort comes as diplomatic intrigue swirls over a possible meeting across the country in Istanbul between Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

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