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Denmark to triple defence budget over next decade

AFP

COPENHAGEN: Denmark's government announced Tuesday that it would triple its defence budget over the next 10 years as it intends to reach the NATO goal of spending two per cent of GDP by 2030.

"The government wants to significantly strengthen Danish defence and security with approximately 143 billion kroner ($20.5 billion) over the next 10 years," acting Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said in a statement.

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