NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said that the global financial crisis should not stand in the way of necessary increases in military spending by the alliance's member states.
De Hoop Scheffer told a Hungarian daily that although the financial crisis was bound to add pressure on national budgets, states must defend the alliance's joint values and prepare to face challenges. The comments come as NATO defence ministers hold two days of talks in the Hungarian capital Budapest. The meeting was to focus on NATO's International Security Assistance German FM Calls for Withdrawal of Elite Forces from Afghanistan ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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