NATO Secretary General Jens
Stoltenberg declared the alliance's new Hub for the South to be
"fully operative" at the end of the first day of the NATO summit
in Brussels.
"It will help is to monitor and respond to the regional
challenges in a more effective way," Stoltenberg said.
He also said members had reiterated the commitment to have
military spending of at least 2% of GDP and announced the
reinforcement of NATO's fast response forces by 2020.
Stonteltenberg also said that Macedonia has been invited to
become NATO's 30th member.
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