According to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, the vast majority of NATO associate states support the proposal that a minimum of 5% of the Gross home Product should be allocated to defence. specified a request would come from a gathering of defence ministers of NATO countries, which is presently taking place in Brussels a fewer weeks before [NATO's note in The Hague (24-25 June)](https://defence24.pl/defence-policy/what is-state-nato-pre-hate-soy-in-hage).