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Italy’s defense spending to fall further next year – FM Italy’s defense spending to fall further next year – FM
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Italy’s defense spending will come in at just 1.15 percent of GDP this year and will fall further in 2019, Reuters quoted Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanese as saying on Thursday. US President Donald Trump said earlier this month that other member states of the NATO military alliance had promised big spending pledges. Italian Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta recently said that she had told US national security adviser John Bolton that Italy aims to reach NATO’s defense spending target of 2 percent of GDP. Italy’s defense spending will come in at just 1.15 percent of GDP this year and will fall further in 2019, Reuters quoted Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi as saying on Thursday. US President Donald Trump said earlier this month that other member states of the NATO military alliance had promised big spending pledges. Italian Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta recently said that she had told US National Security Advisor John Bolton that Italy aims to reach NATO’s defense spending target of 2 percent of GDP.