The US called on NATO to be better prepared to defend the three Baltic states from military attack, after Russia’s recent incursion into Georgia.

This should make for some interesting neighbors Hmmm, looks like the Nordstream pipeline may be little more than a pipe dream

In Brussels, Mr Volker said NATO was firmly committed to defending the Baltic states from attack because, unlike Georgia, they were signatories to the alliance’s Article 5, which guarantees defence of one ally by all the rest.

NATO must, therefore, send signals in the area of military “planning and exercising” that it intends to help shore up the Baltic states.

“Those countries are members of NATO; so if there is any attack on those countries we will all respond”

“We will have to make sure . . . that the Article 5 commitment is realisable not just as a political matter but as a military matter too.”