
BRUSSELS, June 4 (Reuters) - Lithuania's defence minister Dovile Sakaliene said on Wednesday that a 2032 deadline to reach NATO's likely new defence target of 5% of gross domestic product was too late, saying she preferred 2030 at the latest.
"Is it really that difficult to understand that it doesn't really matter how much you invest if it is too late?" she told reporters ahead of a meeting of the military alliance's defence ministers.