Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte urged the UK government to hike its defence spending budget in a speech delivered in London on Monday.
Speaking in Chatham House, Mr Rutte said: "We need a quantum leap in our collective defence.
We must have more forces and capabilities to implement our defence plans in full." Report by Kennedyl.
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