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Germany to increase army to 198,000 by 2024 amid NATO spending row

BERLIN, Feb 21 (Reuters) Germany is to increase its army by 5,000 soldiers, the defence ministry said today, bringing the total to 198,000 in 2024, at a time when US pressure is mounting on European NATO members to raise military spending.
"The German army faces demands like never before," Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement, adding that the army had to be able to respond in an appropriate way to developments abroad and security concerns.
Germany, reluctant for decades after World War Two to get involved in military missions abroad, has in the last few years become more active in supporting international deployments such as in Afghanistan, Mali and against Islamic State militants.
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