Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted June 1, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted June 1, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up US asks Australia to raise defence budget to 3.5 per cent of GDP in high-level talks US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Australia to increase its defence spending to 3.5 per cent of gross domestic product during a meeting with *********** Defence Minister Richard Marles, the Pentagon said. The defence chiefs also discussed security issues on Sunday, including accelerating US defence capabilities in Australia, advancing defence industrial base cooperation and creating supply chain resilience, the defence department said in a statement. “On defence spending, Secretary Hegseth conveyed that Australia should increase its defence spending to 3.5 per cent of its GDP as soon as possible,” the statement said. The ministers’ meeting on Friday on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier security forum, is only the second between the security allies since US President Donald Trump took office in January. Marles said after the meeting they did not discuss a specific percentage of GDP to raise *********** defence spending. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #asks #Australia #raise #defence #budget #cent #GDP #highlevel #talks This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/265919-us-asks-australia-to-raise-defence-budget-to-35-per-cent-of-gdp-in-high-level-talks/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.