Nausėda: growing consensus to meet NATO 2% target may call for transitional period

President Gitanas Nausėda says there is a growing consensus within NATO that its members should raise their defence spending and agree on a funding minimum of 2% of gross domestic product (GDP), but some of the countries may need a transitional period.

The president said that after Wednesday’s meeting with US President Joe Biden and NATO’s eastern flank leaders at the so-called Bucharest Nine summit in Warsaw.