Rutte: NATO countries must pay "significantly more"

The defense alliance NATO's member countries must spend more on defense, says Secretary-General Mark Rutte during the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

We will determine the exact figure later this year, but it will be significantly more than two (percent), says Rutte, referring to the alliance's requirement that member countries allocate at least two percent of GDP to defense.

US President Donald Trump has previously demanded that NATO countries increase their defense budgets to five percent of GDP to strengthen the military alliance. On Thursday, US Ambassador Richard Grenell accused member countries of not paying "their fair share" to NATO.