Poland should raise defense spending to 2.5 pct by 2024: Polish president

Soldiers take part in the Great Independence Military Parade in Warsaw, Poland, on Aug. 15, 2018. Polish Army should be modernized and better equipped and the country's defense spending should grow to 2.5 percent of GDP, Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Wednesday during Polish Armed Forces Day celebrations in Warsaw. (Xinhua/Jaap Arriens)