The UK, France, Spain, Italy and Canada “aren’t very enthusiastic about the idea,” a source within the bloc has told the paper
London, Paris, Madrid, Rome and Ottawa have rejected a proposal for NATO member states to spend 0.25% of their GDP on the provision of military assistance to Ukraine, the Telegraph has reported.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte was hoping that mandatory funding for Kiev would be approved at the bloc’s summit in Ankara, Türkiye on July 7-8, the Telegraph said in an article on Sunday.
A NATO insider told the paper that Britain, France, Spain, Italy and Canada “aren’t very enthusiastic about the idea.”
Out of the 32 member-states, the proposal was only supported by seven nations, all of which already spend 0.25% or more of their GDP on assisting Ukraine, the Telegraph said.
According to data from the Kiel Institute, the Netherlands, Poland and the Nordic and Baltic countries currently spend 0.25% of their GDP or more arming Kiev.
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