NATO countries agree on a budget for civil and military structures for 2021 - 258.9 million euros and 1.61 billion euros, respectively.

Report informs, this is stated in the statement of the North Atlantic Alliance, distributed today in Brussels..

" At a meeting of the North Atlantic Council on Wednesday, the allies agreed on a civilian budget of € 258.9 million and a military budget of € 1.61 billion for 2021, "

The alliance explains that " " It has grown by 5% compared to the 2020 level, "

Thus, in 2021, € 254.9 million from the military budget will go to finance NATO missions and operations, including the Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, a training mission in Iraq and a peacekeeping operation in Kosovo..