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NATO countries are on course to reach the goal of spending at least 2% of their GDP to defence spending to continue to ensure the alliance’s military readiness, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on 31 January during an event at the Heritage Foundation.

NATO defence ministers agreed to commit to the 2% minimum in 2006, but Stoltenberg acknowledged that even as of a few years ago only three countries had met that bar. Complaints from US officials prompted more countries to reach the level, he noted.

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