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Secretary Rubio visits Antalya for NATO informal, urges higher defense production and 5% spending target
Summary
Secretary Rubio traveled to Antalya, Turkiye, for an informal NATO foreign ministers meeting and called for increased defense production, improved military readiness and real burden sharing as the United States looks toward a 5% NATO defense spending target; he will then travel to Italy to join Vice President JD Vance for a religious observance.
Secretary Rubio traveled to Antalya, Turkiye, to attend an informal NATO foreign ministers meeting and urged allies to increase defense production, improve military readiness and "make burden sharing real," he said. He also said the United States looks forward to charting a course toward the 5% NATO defense spending target.
The remarks matter because NATO defense output and national defense spending levels affect…
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