Slovenia will have to earmark more for defence, FM says

Brussels, 31 March - Slovenia's existing plans to increase defence spending will not suffice to meet the commitments made and goals pursued within NATO, Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec said on Friday as he came out of a Brussels meeting of NATO foreign ministers, at which the US again called on its European allies to increase defence budgets.

Brussels, Belgium
A meeting of NATO foreign ministers at which the ministers were for the first time joined by the new US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson.
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Brussels, Belgium
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers.
Photo: Xinhua/STA

Brussels, Belgium
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers.
Photo: Xinhua/STA

Brussels, Belgium
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers.
Photo: Xinhua/STA

Brussels, Belgium
A meeting of NATO foreign ministers at which the ministers were for the first time joined by the new US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson (right).
Photo: Xinhua/STA

Brussels, Belgium
A meeting of NATO foreign ministers at which the ministers were for the first time joined by the new US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson.
Photo: Xinhua/STA

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