Bucharest: Nine Central and Eastern European countries asked on Friday nato to strengthen its eastern side Russiainvasion of Ukraine.
The leaders of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia met in the Romanian capital Bucharest three weeks before the NATO summit in Madrid.
“Given the increasing security risks in Romania and the Black Sea, it becomes even more urgent and important to strengthen NATO in an integrated and balanced manner on its eastern side,” the Romanian president said. Klaus Iohannes At the inauguration of the meeting, which he co-chaired with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda.
The Atlantic Alliance summit will create “a long-term vision putting Article 5 at the center of collective defense and actions”, advocating for “a significant change of deterrence and defense posture”, Iohannis insisted.
Article 5 of NATO refers to collective defence, and states that an attack on one member is an attack on all of them.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has been forced to attend this month’s summit due to health problems, but will join the debate online.
The heads of state of the nine countries represented in Bucharest will also discuss the impact of the Russian offensive on the security of NATO’s “vulnerable partners”, including Moldova and Georgia.
In a telephone conversation with President Duda of Poland on Wednesday, the US counterpart Joe Biden reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to the security of the eastern side of NATO and expressed hope that the Bucharest meeting would be “successful”, according to white House,
In 2017, NATO deployed multinational warfare groups in the Baltic states and Poland to deter Russia. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the military alliance sent reinforcements there.
Last month, the deputy secretary general of the US-led coalition Mircea Geoana Said that NATO is no longer bound by previous commitments to withdraw from deploying forces in Eastern Europe.
Ziona told AFP that Moscow had “devoid of any material” the NATO-Russia founding act by attacking Ukraine and halting talks with the coalition.
Under the 1997 founding act, intended to reset relations between Russia and NATO, both sides “prevent the creation of any potential threat to conventional forces in the agreed regions of Europe, to include Central and Eastern Europe”. agreed to work for
The leaders of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia met in the Romanian capital Bucharest three weeks before the NATO summit in Madrid.
“Given the increasing security risks in Romania and the Black Sea, it becomes even more urgent and important to strengthen NATO in an integrated and balanced manner on its eastern side,” the Romanian president said. Klaus Iohannes At the inauguration of the meeting, which he co-chaired with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda.
The Atlantic Alliance summit will create “a long-term vision putting Article 5 at the center of collective defense and actions”, advocating for “a significant change of deterrence and defense posture”, Iohannis insisted.
Article 5 of NATO refers to collective defence, and states that an attack on one member is an attack on all of them.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has been forced to attend this month’s summit due to health problems, but will join the debate online.
The heads of state of the nine countries represented in Bucharest will also discuss the impact of the Russian offensive on the security of NATO’s “vulnerable partners”, including Moldova and Georgia.
In a telephone conversation with President Duda of Poland on Wednesday, the US counterpart Joe Biden reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to the security of the eastern side of NATO and expressed hope that the Bucharest meeting would be “successful”, according to white House,
In 2017, NATO deployed multinational warfare groups in the Baltic states and Poland to deter Russia. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the military alliance sent reinforcements there.
Last month, the deputy secretary general of the US-led coalition Mircea Geoana Said that NATO is no longer bound by previous commitments to withdraw from deploying forces in Eastern Europe.
Ziona told AFP that Moscow had “devoid of any material” the NATO-Russia founding act by attacking Ukraine and halting talks with the coalition.
Under the 1997 founding act, intended to reset relations between Russia and NATO, both sides “prevent the creation of any potential threat to conventional forces in the agreed regions of Europe, to include Central and Eastern Europe”. agreed to work for