Seven out of 30 allies met NATO military spending target in 2022 -Stoltenberg

Seven out of 30 allies met NATO's military spending target in 2022, the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday, one country less than in 2021 before Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Stoltenberg told reporters in a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels that the alliance originally had expected two more countries to meet the goal.

"But because GDP has increased more than expected for a couple of allies, two allies that we expected to be at 2% are now slightly below 2%," he said.