Slovenia striving to increase defence spending to 1.5% of GDP, PM says

Brdo pri Kranju, 9 October - Prime Minister Marjan Šarec said Slovenia would strive to allocate 1.5% of GDP to defence in "a few years time" as he met NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday. He suggested the agreed 2% goal seemed out of reach at the moment.

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) meets Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec for a tete-a-tete.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) meets Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec for a tete-a-tete.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) meets Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec for a tete-a-tete.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) meets Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec for a tete-a-tete.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) meets Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec for a tete-a-tete.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) meets Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec for a tete-a-tete.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) meets Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec for a tete-a-tete.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) meets Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec for a tete-a-tete.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec view a demonstration exrecise by a special armed forces unit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec view a demonstration exrecise by a special armed forces unit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) meets Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec for a tete-a-tete.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec view a demonstration exrecise by a special armed forces unit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec view a demonstration exrecise by a special armed forces unit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec view a demonstration exrecise by a special armed forces unit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec view a demonstration exrecise by a special armed forces unit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec view a demonstration exrecise by a special armed forces unit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) meets Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec for a tete-a-tete.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) meets Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec for a tete-a-tete.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) meets Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec for a tete-a-tete.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) welcomed by Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec on arrival in Slovenia.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) welcomed by Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec on arrival in Slovenia.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) welcomed by Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec on arrival in Slovenia.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) welcomed by Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec on arrival in Slovenia.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) welcomed by Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec on arrival in Slovenia.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

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