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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says that the US-led defence alliance's European members are making "real progress" on their defence spending, with 2024 set to be the first year their spending amounts to "two percent of their combined GDP". Stoltenberg's comments come after Donald Trump rattled the alliance by saying he would "encourage" Russia to attack members who were not meeting the two percent obligation. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says Sweden and Finland are committed to working with Turkey to address its concerns over their possible membership in the alliance, saying it was time to welcome them. "It's time to welcome Finland and Sweden as members of NATO," he tells a press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Istanbul. SOUNDBITE
During a press conference in Madrid, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declares that NATO leaders are to invite Sweden, Finland to become members on Wednesday. SOUNDBITE
NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance is looking to 'reset' eastern defences amid the war in Ukraine, as he arrives at an extraordinary summit in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says that NATO defence ministers tasked military commanders to come up with plans to bolster the alliance's eastern flank after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
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