The minister's comments came after he met with the U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin earlier this week. According to Pevkur, the purpose of the meeting was to discuss bilateral cooperation and the increase of the American footprint in the Baltic country, national broadcaster ERR reported.
The minister revealed that NATO's overall rise in defense spending was part of the discussion in Washington, D.C. as well as the U.S.'s involvement in helping Ukraine.
Pevkur urged the US defense industry to ramp up production, enabling Estonia to buy the munitions it needs using planned government additional tax revenues. The Baltic state plans to invest EUR 1.6 billion (USD 1.7 billion) for the purchase of ammunition, ERR said.
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