British Foreign Secretary David Lammy stated that the U.K. aims to increase defense spending to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2027.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that all NATO members will have agreed on a goal of spending the equivalent to 5% of GDP on defense over the next decade by the 2025 NATO Summit in June.

NATO foreign ministers are debating a U.S. demand for a big increase in defense spending, President Donald Trump’s administration wants to focus on security challenges outside of Europe