The United States has no plans to reduce its military contingent, stationed in Germany, RIA Novosti reported the statement of the US administration representative.
Absolutely nothing has been reported to reduce the number of US troops in Germany, said the representative of the administration, responding to a question.
According to him, It is now in the Federal Republic of Germany 32 thousand. US troops and to change this number is never mentioned.
Recall, Thursday, a diplomatic source told the agency, that the upcoming NATO summit, which will be held in Brussels 11-12 July, Donald Trump could threaten Germany's withdrawal of its troops from the NATO bases, located in the mills. It supposedly will happen, if Berlin refuses to increase military spending.
Expected, that the US president at the summit again require NATO member countries commit themselves to increase their military budgets to 2020 the year before the required two percent of GDP.
Earlier, Angela Merkel said, that Germany will be able to reach 2% of GDP only in the next 10 years. According to her,, to 2019 , it plans to increase military spending to 1,34% from SMR, and to 2025 year - to 1,5%.
The American leader has repeatedly called on allies to fulfill progress in 2014 Bucharest, the agreement to increase military budgets, threatening otherwise to reduce US involvement in joint programs to ensure the security of the alliance countries.
