( CNN) Germany's defense minister has repudiated asserts from US President Donald Trump that her country owes NATO “vast sums of money.”
In a statement released on Sunday, Ursula von der Leyen said “there is no debt account in NATO. To relate the 2% defense spending that we want to reach in the next decade solely to NATO is wrong.
“The defense spending also goes to UN-peace mission, into European missions and towards our contributions to the fight against ISIS terrorism.”
