NATO members should be required to commit themselves to spend three per cent of national gross domestic product (GDP) on defence, rather than aiming for the current 2 per cent target.
President Andrzej Duda told Poland’s National Security Council in Warsaw on Monday.
Duda said he would propose this when he meets President Joe Biden in Washington on Tuesday.
The thtee per cent target should be the lower limit that should be met under all conditions, Duda said.
The current NATO defence spending target requires that members should invest at least 2 per cent of GDP annually over the long term.
It was agreed last summer in the face of a perceived threat from Russia.
The previous target required member countries to approach the two per cent target by 2024.
Duda and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk are to meet Biden on Tuesday on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Poland’s accession to NATO.
Poland is a close ally of the U.S. and is one of Ukraine’s staunchest backers in its war with Russia.
The EU country saw itself as threatened by Russia and was rearming by investing large sums in its military.
According to NATO figures, Warsaw invested 3.9 per cent of GDP in defence last year.
