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Biden: US Committed to Protecting Baltic States From Russia
Source: Associated Press
Biden: US Committed to Protecting Baltic States From Russia
By PIETRO DECRISTOFARO, ASSOCIATED PRESS RIGA, Latvia — Aug 23, 2016, 2:43 PM ET
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday reaffirmed America's determination to defend the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia against any aggression from neighboring Russia.
Biden told reporters that the U.S. remains committed to NATO's Article 5, the key principle of collective defense of all alliance members. He dismissed comments from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that, were he to win November's election, he might withdraw U.S. backing for the Baltics' defense.
"We mean what we say. We have never reneged on any commitment we have made. Our sacred honor is at stake," Biden said after a Riga Castle meeting with the three Baltic presidents: Raimonds Vejonis of Latvia, Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania and Toomas Hendrik Ilves of Estonia.
Biden said Trump's remarks were "nothing that should be taken seriously, because I don't think he understands what Article 5 is."
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By PIETRO DECRISTOFARO, ASSOCIATED PRESS RIGA, Latvia — Aug 23, 2016, 2:43 PM ET
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday reaffirmed America's determination to defend the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia against any aggression from neighboring Russia.
Biden told reporters that the U.S. remains committed to NATO's Article 5, the key principle of collective defense of all alliance members. He dismissed comments from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that, were he to win November's election, he might withdraw U.S. backing for the Baltics' defense.
"We mean what we say. We have never reneged on any commitment we have made. Our sacred honor is at stake," Biden said after a Riga Castle meeting with the three Baltic presidents: Raimonds Vejonis of Latvia, Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania and Toomas Hendrik Ilves of Estonia.
Biden said Trump's remarks were "nothing that should be taken seriously, because I don't think he understands what Article 5 is."
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/biden-us-committed-protecting-baltic-states-russia-41589151
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