By straying into the defence brief, the foreign secretary's move will be seen by many as a leadership pitch.
"Any additional funds would of course need to be for new capabilities and not simply plugging gaps in existing plans," Mr Hunt said.
It is highly unusual for a foreign secretary to stray into a policy area typically covered by the Ministry of Defence, which has just welcomed Penny Mordaunt as its first female defence secretary following the sacking of Gavin Williamson earlier this month. The foreign secretary, who is due to meet Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of NATO on Tuesday, said the NATO alliance is the foundation of Britain's security.
Only a handful of countries, including the UK, meet the minimum requirement set by NATO of spending at least 2% of national income on defence.
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