Antalya, May 15 -- NATO Foreign Ministers met in Turkey's Antalya on Wednesday and Thursday with a key focus on increasing defence spending, with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declaring that the current 2 per cent of GDP target is "not nearly enough."

He urged the allies to invest more in core military capabilities, infrastructure, and resilience to address growing security challenges. The ministers also reaffirmed NATO's long-term support for Ukraine, stressing the importance of sustained assistance to secure a just and lasting peace.

In a statement released on Thursday, NATO said, "On Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 May, NATO Foreign Ministers met in Antalya, Turkiye to discuss strengthening Allied deterrence and defence, and to mov...