According to the reports, Trump's team has told European officials that the U.S. president-elect expected NATO allies to increase their defense spending to 5 percent of national gross domestic product after his Jan. 20 inauguration — more than double the alliance's current 2 percent target.

Next year, a new amount of money will be set for NATO's defense spending. This decision will be made after talks with newly elected US President Donald Trump, states Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

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