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Germany rejects Trump's claim it owes NATO and US 'vast sums' for defence

BERLIN, Mar 19 (Reuters) German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen today rejected US President Donald Trump's claim that Germany owes NATO and the United States "vast sums" of money for defence.
"There is no debt account at NATO," von der Leyen said in a statement, adding that it was wrong to link the alliance's target for members to spend 2 percent of their economic output on defence by 2024 solely to NATO.
"Defence spending also goes into UN peacekeeping missions, into our European missions and into our contribution to the fight against IS terrorism," von der Leyen said.
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