立陶宛总统宣布计划到2025年将国防开支提高到国内生产总值的4%, Lithuanian president announces plans to boost defence spending to 4% of GDP by 2025, up from 3.2%.

立陶宛总统吉塔纳斯·瑙斯达(Gitanas Nausėda)宣布计划在2025年将国防开支提高到国内生产总值的4%, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda announced plans to raise the country's defence spending to 4% of GDP in 2025, up from 3.2% this year, aiming for 5% in the future. 议会批准了预算,预算还增加了养老金和公共部门工资的资金。 The parliament approved the budget, which also increases funding for pensions and public sector wages. 这一举动是在北约讨论自俄罗斯入侵乌克兰以来增加国防预算时采取的。 The move comes amid NATO discussions on increasing defence budgets since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.