NATO defence ministers posed for a group photo, on Thursday (June 5), as they gathered in the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels to discuss defence spending.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte earlier announced that member states are expected to agree on what he called "historic" new capability targets.

Some minsters showed support also for a major boost in defence spending of 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump.

In a bid to meet Trump's 5% goal, Rutte has proposed alliance members boost defence spending to 3.5% of GDP and commit a further 1.5% to broader security-related spending, Reuters has reported.

Details of the new investment plan will likely continue to be negotiated until the eve of the NATO summit in the Hague later in June.

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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (JUNE 5, 2025) (AGENCY POOL - Access all)

1. FRENCH DEFENCE MINISTER SEBASTIEN LECORNU AND GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER BORIS PISTORIUS GREETING NORWEGIAN DEFENCE MINISTER TORE SANDVIK

2. LITHUANIAN DEFENCE MINISTER DOVILE SAKALIENE WAITING FOR GROUP PHOTO TO BE TAKEN

3. BELGIAN DEFENCE MINISTER THEO FRANCKEN TALKING TO LECORNU

4. NATO SECRETARY GENERAL MARK RUTTE WAITING IN FRONT OF DEFENCE MINISTERS / U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH TAKING PLACE BETWEEN RUTTE AND UK SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE, JOHN HEALEY

5. VARIOUS OF RUTTE AND NATO DEFENCE MINISTERS POSING FOR GROUP PHOTO

6. HEGSETH TALKING TO HEALEY

7. LECORNU TALKING TO PISTORIUS AND FINNISH DEFENCE MINISTER ANTTI HAKKANEN

8. HEGSETH GREETING DANISH DEFENCE MINISTER TROELS LUND POULSEN / HEGSETH GREETING LUXEMBOURGISH DEFENCE MINISTER YURIKO BACKES AND CANADIAN DEFENCE MINISTER DAVID MCGUINTY