NATO chief seeks defence-linked spending at 5% of GDP by 2032: Dutch PM

NATO chief Mark Rutte wants allies to agree at a summit in June to reach five percent of GDP on defence-related spending by 2032, Dutch premier Dick Schoof said Friday.

Schoof said Rutte had written to NATO's 32 member countries calling for them to reach 3.5 percent of GDP on "hard military spending" and 1.5 percent of GDP on "related spending, such as infrastructure, cybersecurity and other things" over the next seven years.

US President Donald Trump has demanded Washington's NATO allies ramp up their military spending to five percent of GDP, a level none of them currently reach.