Reuters :
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on other NATO allies on Thursday to do more to increase their defence spending, saying it was needed to protect the alliance’s values in “a new and dangerous era”.
In a speech at his first international summit since becoming Britain’s prime minister last week, Starmer repeated that his government would come up with a roadmap to reach 2.5% of GDP on defence spending – a target he has yet to set out a timetable for.
He repeatedly avoided answering questions on whether U.S. President Joe Biden was fit enough to run for a new term after he mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as Russian President Vladimir Putin before correcting himself. Starmer instead praised Biden’s role in organising what he called a successful NATO summit in Washington.