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NATO Chief in Rome for Key Ukraine Talks
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hosted NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Rome to discuss defense collaboration and support for Ukraine ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague.
- Meloni's office stated that the meeting allowed for an in-depth exchange about collective defense spending and security.
- The U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to attend the upcoming NATO summit, where he aims to push for increased defense spending among allies.
- Italy aims to meet NATO's 2% defense spending target after currently contributing less than 1.5% of its output.
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On the eve of the NATO summit in The Hague, the ministerial meeting of the Weimar Plus Group, a coalition of six European countries (Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom) which seeks to consolidate support for Ukraine and move towards greater European independence in terms of security, was held in Rome. The meeting was also attended by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, A ndrij Sybiha; the Secretary General of N…
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In view of the meeting of Thursday between the president of the Council Giorgia Meloni and the general secretary of NATO, Mark Rutte, recounts how much Italy spends in defense and what will be called to do in the future, also because of the plans to re-arm. Currently the Italian expenditure does not reach 1.5% of the GDP, that is, about thirty billions of euros per year. Rutte's demands to climb up to 5% in 7 years are prohibitive for a country …
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