Senior NATO official: Slovenia must increase defence budget

Ljubljana, 9 May - Deputy NATO Secretary General Alexander Vershbow warned in Ljubljana on Monday that Slovenia must reverse the trend of declining defence spending and earmark funds for the equipment that NATO most urgently needs at the moment.

Ljubljana NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow speaks at a NATO Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow speaks at a NATO Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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