“Now we are carrying out more and important defensive deployments of forces in the eastern part of the alliance”the statement said, without elaborating.
On the other hand, the president of United StatesJoe Biden joined an emergency NATO summit on Friday to discuss the Western response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and fears over the security of Europe.
Biden met “with other NATO heads of state and government in an extraordinary virtual summit to discuss the security situation in and around Ukraine,” the White House said.
The meeting, from the Situation Room of the White House and closed to the press, takes place while Russian troops surrounded Kiev and fighting took place in some neighborhoods of the capital of the former Soviet republic.
Caught between a desire to resist Russia’s blatant violation of post-World War II European security norms and an unwillingness to risk a confrontation between the nuclear-armed powers, the Organization walks a fine line in the face of what which appears to be a resurgence of the Cold War.
Although Ukraine is not a member, it aspires to be part of the transatlantic defense alliance, which in part prompted the Kremlin’s decision to attack.
Four neighboring countries and former Soviet satellites are already members of NATO and the aim is to reassure those Eastern European allies, nervous that Russian President Vladimir Putin has broader intentions.
Biden has repeatedly said that Ukraine is nowhere close to joining, and is adamant about not sending troops there to repel the Russian attack.
But the United States and other members of the alliance have tried to bolster Ukraine’s military with weapons and supplies, as bordering countries like Poland prepare to take in refugees.
In an address to the nation on Thursday, Biden said the United States will defend “every iota of NATO territory.”
Source: Ambito
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