首相安迪·伯恩罕周一表示，国防大臣约翰·希利将于周三阐明实现英国北约开支承诺的路径，其中包括到2035年将核心国防开支达到GDP的3.5%。
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Monday his defence minister John Healey would set out on Wednesday a path to meet Britain's NATO spending commitments, including reaching 3.5% of GDP on core defence by 2035.
希利预计将于周三发表其担任财政大臣以来的首份预算案，届时他预计将概述政府更广泛的开支和财政计划。
Healey is due to deliver his first budget as finance minister on Wednesday, when he is expected to outline the government's broader spending and fiscal plans.
在接受独立电视台《早安英国》节目采访时，伯恩罕表示，希利随后将阐明“实现我们北约承诺的路径，但我们将履行我们的北约承诺”。伯恩罕对该广播公司表示：“我们将制定一项计划，说明我们认为实现这一目标的正确方法是什么。”
In an interview with ITV's Good Morning Britain, Burnham said Healey would then set out "the path to meet our NATO commitments, but we will meet our NATO commitments." "We will set out a plan as to what we think is the right way to do that," Burnham told the broadcaster.
n他还表示，政府的优先事项是资助其国防投资计划，并规划出实现北约开支目标的路线，并补充称，在充满挑战的世界中，国家安全必须依然是优先事项。
He said the government's priorities were to fund its defence investment plan and lay out a route to meeting NATO spending goals, adding that national security must remain a priority in a "challenging world".