Us Nato Meeting : Canada may be reprimanded in the NATO meeting being held in America. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is accused of weakening NATO. Because of this, Trudeau is the target of NATO member countries. For this, displeasure has also been expressed by writing a letter against Canada. Actually, Canada is accused of not meeting the target of military expenditure. It has also not invested enough in new equipment. Now NATO meeting is being held in America, obviously this issue can be raised a lot there. In the meeting, NATO members can also put pressure on Canada to give more money.
23 countries are meeting the target, Canada is lagging behind
According to the report of news portal Politico, former arms control officer of the US State Department, Max Bergman, says that everyone is spending more, but Canada is not even trying. The report said that 23 US senators have asked Prime Minister Justin Expressed disappointment in letter to Trudeau. In this, an appeal has been made to Canada to fulfill its responsibilities. NATO countries had committed to spend 2% of their country’s GDP on defense in 2014. Out of 32 countries, 23 are about to achieve this target, but Canada is still lagging behind. NATO diplomats and officials have expressed their concerns over Canada’s stance. Some believe that Canada is weakening NATO. US congressional officials said they will continue to put pressure on Canada because there is no penalty for not meeting the target.
2 percent limit is minimum
Now many big issues including the Ukraine war will be raised in the NATO conference being held in America. In this, the issue of NATO’s defense budget will also be raised. It will be told that 2 percent is not the limit for defense budget, but it is the minimum limit. Countries like America, Poland, Norway and Estonia have already crossed the 2% limit.
