Washington's demand for the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance to sharply raise defense spending is evidence that NATO is not going to abandon its aggressive nature. With this statement was made by the Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov. "NATO is a child of the era of confrontation, and this is an organization that is created for the purposes of confrontation, it is completely grounded for these tasks.

This determines the meaning of the existence of this organization, "- quotes the words of Peskov RT. The representative of the head of state stressed that in Moscow they notice the gradual approach of the military infrastructure of the alliance to the Russian borders. The attitude of the authorities of our country to this process is well known. It has not undergone any changes. Similar speeches Dmitry Peskov responded to the news that US President Donald Tramp sent letters to the authorities of Germany, Belgium, Norway and Canada with an appeal to increase military spending. According to the newspaper The New York Times, which had the texts of messages in its possession, the American leader blamed the Allies for what they did not do enough to "share responsibility for collective defense" even after his, Trump, warnings that he had been doing for more than a year. Now the head of the White House considers himself entitled to take retaliatory actions. "As we discussed during your visit in April, the United States is growing disappointed that some allies have not stepped up, as promised. The continued inadequate expenditure of funds on defense from Germany undermines the security of the alliance and serves as a confirmation of the correctness (of such an approach) for other allies who are also not planning to fulfill their military spending obligations, as others see you as a model for imitation, " , in a letter to the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. In the same spirit, the American leader spoke the other day. "Germany should spend more money, as well as Spain and France. It's not fair how they treat the US, "Trump said.. According to him, the expenses of the United States are incommensurably higher than the contributions of all other members of the alliance. The US president noted that the Washington administration will continue to find it increasingly difficult to explain to its citizens why "some countries do not contribute to the collective defense of NATO while US servicemen continue to sacrifice their lives abroad". In September 2014 g. the leaders of the countries that are members of the military-political bloc have assumed the obligation within ten years to increase their military spending above the level of 2% of GDP. Currently, only eight NATO members spend on defense more than 2%. Thus, the US military budget is approximately 3.58% of GDP, Germany - 1.2%. Once again, this problem will be discussed at the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels on July 11-12.