Ministers of Defence of the Baltic States agreed to raise the military budget to level higher than 2% of gross domestic product

The Baltic States intend to increase the defensive budgets to level over 2% of gross domestic product. The corresponding communique Ministers of Defence signed Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia Raymonds Bergmanis, Raymundas Karoblis and Yuri Luyk during a meeting in Vilnius. As the press service of defensive department reports Latvia, signing of the document of the party agreed to continue to carry out NATO in Brussels decisions, including to develop fighting capacity and to increase ability of reaction of armed forces in all member countries of alliance...