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NATO Not Owed Money by Germany Despite Trump Statements - Mattis
NATO Not Owed Money by Germany Despite Trump Statements - Mattis
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Germany will meet its commitments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) despite comments made by US President Donald Trump the country owes the... 22.03.2017, Sputnik International
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NATO Not Owed Money by Germany Despite Trump Statements - Mattis
18:01 GMT 22.03.2017 (Updated: 11:36 GMT 06.08.2022) Germany will meet its commitments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) despite comments made by US President Donald Trump the country owes the alliance money, US Defense Secretary James Mattis said during a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Mattis’ comment came in response to a question about Twitter messages sent by Trump after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in which he said Germany owed "vast sums of money to NATO."
"I cannot give you an accounting for past money owed, because that’s not the way we do that in NATO," Mattis stted. "We do it through capabilities. That’s the commitment each nation makes."
Mattis noted he expects Germany to contribute 2 percent of its GDP to NATO as per the alliance’s requirement for each member state.
