The possibility of including the defensive Contributions to Ukraine to the new alliance expenditure target, which is expected to be finalized at the Summit of Leaders Later in the month, his allies are considering. NATO.
NATO will also propose to move towards the elimination of trade barriers in the defense, according to Bloomberg.
A preliminary plan for the Summit’s statement focuses solely on defense spending, a strong divergence from last year’s statement exceeding 5,000 words and included the promise of long -term aid for Ukraine safety. The draft will probably change before the final edition at the Hague summit is agreed.
The brevity of both the statement and the summit itself – which will include a dinner with the King of the Netherlands and a unique workshop meeting on defense spending – aims to limit the possibility of a public dispute between President Donald Trump and the allies.
NATO Secretary -General Mark Rutte has focused the summit in achieving a victory for Trump in the form of an agreement among members spending at least 5% of GDP on defense. They will also seek to maintain the full US -based participation in NATO.
The allies will commit to allocating at least 3.5% of economic production for basic defense requirements by 2032, plus an additional 1.5% for infrastructure protection, network defense and securing political readiness, covering the 5% threshold in which the US insists.
The statement mainly lacks the prospect of Ukraine’s accession to the military alliance, which appeared in a prominent position at previous summits. Last year’s $ 40 billion promise for Kiev has also not been re -put on the table.
The preliminary plan reiterates the allies’ commitment to collective defense that the attack on a member is considered an attack on all and that the allies will take appropriate measures. Trump sent NATO waves in the past implying that the US would not protect allies that would not achieve the expenditure target.
In the statement, Russia is recognized as a “threat” to Euro -Atlantic security, which most members demanded, but was not considered a given. It is not recognized, however, as an attacker in Ukraine. There is no reference to China, which had previously been referred to as a “decisive help” of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.