LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in London on Monday to discuss plans to increase defence spending among the alliance’s members and Britain’s new Strategic Defence Review, Downing Street said. “You can expect the Prime Minister and Secretary General to talk about how we ensure all allies step […]
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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in London on Monday to discuss plans to increase defence spending among the alliance’s members and Britain’s new Strategic Defence Review, Downing Street said.
“You can expect the Prime Minister and Secretary General to talk about how we ensure all allies step up their defence spending now in order to respond to the threats that we face now,” the spokesperson told reporters on Thursday.
(Reporting by Andrew MacAskill, writing by Alistair Smout; editing by William James)