(Reuters) - Italian defense spending will come in at just 1.15 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) this year and will fall further in 2019, Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi said on Thursday, undercutting US efforts to boost military budgets.
Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi. (Photo: Reuters)
Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi. (Photo: Reuters)
US President Donald Trump said earlier this month that other members of the NATO military alliance had promised big spending pledges after warning that Washington could withdraw its support for the partnership if Europe didn’t do more.
Italian Defence minister Elisabetta Trenta recently said in an interview to Defence News that she had told US national security adviser John Bolton that Italy aims to reach NATO’s defense spending target of 2 per cent of GDP.
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