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NATO set to unveil ambitious spending target at key summit

Security patrols around the perimeter of the venue ahead of the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, 23 June, 2025. © AP - Markus Schreiber

NATO allies are poised to take a "quantum leap" by hiking defence spending to five percent of gross domestic product to counter the threat of Russia, Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday, on the eve of a two-day summit.

The 32 members of the alliance will pledge to boost defence expenditure to five percent of GDP, a key demand of President Donald Trump, who has long grumbled that the US pays too much for NATO.

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