UK PM Starmer to discuss NATO defence spending plans with Rutte on Monday
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Posted on June 5, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 5, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
UK PM Starmer will meet NATO's Rutte in London to discuss defence spending and Britain's Strategic Defence Review.
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)
Keir Starmer will meet NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in London.
The main topic will be plans to increase defence spending among NATO members.
The discussion aims to ensure all allies step up their defence spending to respond to current threats.
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