NATO is ready to protect every member country of the alliance - Stoltenberg

17 March 2018, 08:03 | Peace
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The meeting of the North Atlantic Council will consider the application of Article 5 of the Treaty between the member countries of the alliance.

On the part of London, there has so far been no request for the application of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty on the recognition of an attack on one ally by an attack on all 29 NATO states, but the alliance is already ready to provide practical support to Great Britain. This was stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during the presentation of the report for 2017, RFE / RL reported..

He noted that one of the most toxic of all known substances was used in the British Salisbury, and he called on Russia to explain how this could happen.

Stoltenberg noted that today, on March 15, at the meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the issue of the application of Article 5 of the Treaty between the member countries of the alliance. On March 19, according to the secretary general, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will arrive at NATO consultations.

"NATO does not want a new cold war, but there should be no doubt that the alliance will protect every member country from any threat," Stoltenberg said..

He assured that NATO will provide Britain with political and practical assistance, if London requires it.

Also, Stoltenberg announced the continuation of the strengthening of the alliance capacities in view of the aggressive policy of Russia.



Yesterday, British Prime Minister Teresa May, speaking in Parliament, described the poisoning of Skripal as "the illegal use of force by the Russian state against the United Kingdom" and listed a number of measures that the British government will take in response to this incident, including the expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats.

Today, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow will send British diplomats in response to similar actions by London.

The leaders of France, Germany, the United States and Great Britain issued a joint statement on a nerve agent attack in the British Salisbury, saying that Russia's responsibility is "the only plausible explanation".

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