he said that “5% is of course much more than the U.S. itself spends and it’s a very high ambition and we are not ready to commit to a number at this time.
Europe and Canada say they will spend more on defense, but are cool on U.S. demands
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Espen Barth Eide told The Associated Press that “there is a growing consensus in the international community from Western countries, from Arab countries, from the Global South, that we need to establish a Palestinian Authority, a Palestinian government, a Palestinian state - and the Palestinian state has to be recognized.”
Arab, Europeans and Muslim nations launch a new initiative for an independent Palestinian state
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