MOSCOW:The military buildup plan for Europe, approved by the EU summit, is designed to incite war, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Ma...
MOSCOW:The military buildup plan for Europe, approved by the EU summit, is designed to incite war, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated.
"Armament of countries that are clearly losing their ability to operate effectively is progressing rapidly and excessively. Historically, this has always been referred to as provoking war," she said.
Zakharova said this plan means "inciting war" on the European continent.
On March 4, European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen stated that she had presented to the EU leaders a proposal to rearm the union with a budget of 800 billion euros. The EC's plan entails borrowing up to 150 billion euros from the capital markets by the EC for further lending to EU states under the condition that they jointly procure weapons within Europe.
The funds will be used for the manufacturing of air defense systems in the EU and arms for Ukraine. Additionally, the EC proposed that countries raise their current defense spending by 1.5% to raise 650 billion euros for the production of weapons.
On March 7, the EU summit approved the militarization plan, which aims to provide the European Union with independent circular defense. The sources of financing are yet to be finalized.
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