ROME (Reuters) - It is up to all NATO members to close gaps in their defences no matter the cost, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Friday, following talks with his European counterparts in Rome.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said his country is prepared to move toward spending 5% of its economic output on defense, backing a goal pushed by US President Donald Trump for NATO members and underscoring the new Berlin government’s more aggressive stance on the military.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius on Thursday pushed back against calls to raise NATO members' defence spending target to 5% of their economic output. At a meeting in Berlin with his British counterpart John Healey on Thursday,