As East and West close ranks, the primary goal for all concerned should be peace
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Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg and US president Joe Biden. Photo: Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Concerns that the Kremlin is intent on fulfilling Vladimir Putin’s imperial fantasies by targeting new gains were clearly top of the agenda when US president Joe Biden held talks with the leaders of the countries along Nato’s eastern flank.
Mr Biden said that if Russia attacks any of those Eastern European states, the US would invoke Article 5 of the Nato charter.
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