The United States has a “sacred” commitment to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) regarding the guarantee of collective defense between member states, the US Secretary of State said. Anthony Blinkenduring his visit to Lithuania today.
Binken also said that NATO is constantly evaluating the defense arrangement of the alliance’s military forces, considering the possibility of a more permanent deployment of military forces.
For his part, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Gabrielius Landsbergiscalled today on NATO to strengthen defense in the Baltic region, but also to impose an embargo on Russian energy sales, after the invasion of Ukraine.
“The energy we import covers the cost of the Russian military operation. “We can not pay for oil and gas with the blood of Ukraine,” Landsbergis told a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
Earlier, o Anthony Blinken met with the President of LithuaniaGitanas Naouseda, who warned the US Secretary of State that if the world community does not stop Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, it will lead to a global conflict.
Nauseda noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin “will not stop in Ukraine” and that the international community has an obligation to help Ukrainians. “By any means available”.
“I really mean any available means, if we want to avoid World War III. The choice is in our hands “, he underlined.
Lithuania, a NATO member, has sent military aid to Ukraine and has received a small number of refugees from the country.
Blinken is touring the Baltic States and, in addition to Lithuania, will visit Latvia and Estonia today and tomorrow.
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