Mitsotakis' comments come at a time when NATO is urging members to accelerate defense investment in response to evolving threats, including Russian aggression and rising geopolitical instability

For Greece, today’s summit offers a platform to reaffirm its strategic importance within the Alliance and to demonstrate its readiness to adapt to new NATO goals

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused the alliance of “rampant militarization” and portraying Russia as a “fiend of hell” to justify the spending increase

The central focus of the two-day summit is a new, ambitious target: members are being asked to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP, more than doubling the current 2% benchmark

NATO leaders are set to debate landmark 5% GDP defence spending goal at June summit in The Hague on June 24-25