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NATO ministers open meeting with condolences for four U.S. soldiers, calls for higher allied defence spending and continued support for Ukraine
Summary
At a NATO ministers meeting, speakers offered condolences for four U.S. soldiers killed in a training exercise in Lithuania, highlighted roughly $20 billion in early allied support to Ukraine and urged European and Canadian partners to increase defence spending and industrial cooperation.
Speaker 1 (meeting official) opened the NATO ministers meeting by expressing condolences for “the 4 US soldiers who died, during exercise in Lithuania,” and thanked U.S. counterparts for their diplomatic work ahead of the talks.
The comment came as the meeting framed Ukraine and allied defence posture as top priorities. Speaker 1 said allied support has surged, noting “in the first 3 months, over $20,000,000,000 in support to Ukraine” and characterizing recent European and Canadian defence spending as “probably the biggest surge in defense spending we…
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