(VOVWORLD) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during the 54th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Germany that Britain’s exit from the EU means that about 80% of NATO’s budget will come from non-EU countries.
 NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg |
He expressed concern that EU’s defense cooperation would weaken the transatlantic alliance, double NATO’s burden, and evoke discrimination toward non-EU members. He welcomed the efforts of the European Union to strengthen their defense cooperation, but this is not an alternative to NATO.