- Petr Pavel and Andrej Babiš will meet NATO in Ankara, and the meeting will be held by Babiš.
- President Pavel promised his participation in the meeting, while the material says that the meeting will be held by a graphic designer.
- Mark Rutte said that European countries and Canada are investing in defense without exception at 4% of GDP, and by 2035 — 5%.
According to CT24, Czech News.
President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš are traveling together to Ankara to the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO), whose summit will take place on 7 and 8 June. The meeting will be held by a graphic designer. As for the meeting, it is planned to discuss the issue of defense spending, and the graphic designer will be responsible for the presentation of the issue.
In particular, the president’s delegation will be headed by the president. The meeting, as the material notes, will be held after the meeting. The meeting will be held by Andrej Babiš, and President Petr Pavel will be present at the meeting together with him.
As for the material says, Babiš will not be alone with Petr Pavel to Ankara, and the meeting will be held with the participation of the Czech Republic in the negotiations. According to the material, Petr Pavel will attend the meeting with the participation of the Czech Republic.
In addition, the material states that Petr Pavel will be meeting with the head of the delegation at 08:30 in Prague-Kbely and will then depart for a briefing. During the meeting, in which Babiš will also be present, the foreign minister of Petr Macinka (Motoristé), the defense minister Jaromír Zůna (SPD) and the deputy defense minister Jakub Landovský will also be present.
The material also adds that he will meet with all 32 member states of the alliance, including the US president Donald Trump. It is noted that Trump in Ankara will be talking about defense spending plans that are to be implemented over the next years, and that the allies are to increase their defense spending to 5% of GDP.
According to the material, Mark Rutte said during a briefing in which he addressed the issue of defense spending, that European countries and Canada are investing in defense without exception at 4% of GDP. Rutte also said that by 2035 the spending on defense will increase to 5% of GDP, and that the increase will be decided by the NATO member states at the summit in Ankara.
It is also noted that during a meeting in The Hague, the NATO member states will discuss the issue of defense spending through 2035: 3.5% of GDP for the states that spend 1.5% of GDP on defense. The material also says that the European allies and Canada will increase their defense spending by 20%.
The material adds that the connection with the criticism of the American president Donald Trump regarding the fact that NATO does not meet the requirements for the United States, as well as the fact that European allies do not meet the requirements for the United States, is not accidental, and that the criticism is related to the fact that Ukraine is not being supported.