Record Defense Budget Planned; Mechanizing Scouts Battalion Seen As Key Focus
September 21 2017
The Estonian government is preparing the largest defense budget in history for 2018, reports the Baltic News Service.
Defense spending will total about 528 million euros (US$633 million) next year, said Defense Minister Juri Luik.
"There is still a political consensus in Estonia that funding national defense is a priority," the minister said. "Two percent of the GDP is the minimum which we must contribute to national defense to guarantee its sustainability."
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