Morning Star.png NATO Will Back 'Ally' Ukraine against Russia Warmongers and fascists united The Morning Star, London, 9 July 2016 NATO leaders vowed to back non-member "ally" Ukraine against Russia at the military bloc's summit in Warsaw yesterday. NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg reheated the cold war in his opening speech. "For our nations to be safe, it's not enough to keep our defences strong, we must help to make our partners stronger," he said. Crucially, a new treaty explicitly binding the European Union trade bloc to imperialist alliance NATO was signed by Mr Stoltenberg, European Council president Donald Tusk and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker. German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen claimed Russia's reunifaction with the Crimea following a plebiscite sparked by 2014's Western-backed coup "doesn't respect borders" and that NATO must ensure its negotiations with Moscow are conducted from a "position of strength" militarily. US President Barack Obama urged European nations to maintain sanctions against Russia and defend the Kiev government. "We need to bolster the defence of our allies in central and eastern Europe, strengthen deterrence and boost our resilience against new threats, including cyber attacks," he said. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was "absurd" to consider Russia a threat given the situation in the Middle East. In an article for the Financial Times, Mr Obama said Brexit would not diminish Britain's role in the imperialist alliance. "The special relationship between the US and the UK will endure," he said. "I have no doubt that the UK will remain one of NATO's most capable members." British PM David Cameron told reporters on his arrival in Warsaw: "Britain may be leaving the EU but we are not turning our back on Europe and we're not turning our back on European defence and security." On the two-day summit's extra-territorial agenda were plans to send aircraft to the Middle East - reportedly to fight Isis - and continuing the 15-year intervention in Afghanistan. Australia announced it would extend its Afghan military mission by six months to mid-2017, while the US will only withdraw 1,400 of its 9,800 troops there this year. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-83b6-Ukraine-Nato-will-back-ally-Kiev-a gainst-Russia#.V4CTtPl9600 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13775 (20160708) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/005a01d1d9c1%242c729f80%248557de80%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
