German chancellor Angela Merkel says that Russia’s actions in Ukraine have eroded mutual trust with the West.
“If through words and deeds the validity of (international) law and the inviolability of borders are questioned, then of course trust is lost,” she tells the German parliament on the eve of a major NATO summit in Poland.
Merkel says that “Russia’s actions have deeply disturbed our eastern allies” and require a “clear reassurance” of their safety under NATO’s Article 5 on collective defense.
When NATO leaders meet in Warsaw, “it will be in a phase in which the security situation has significantly changed in Europe,” she says, and also points at the turmoil in Syria, Iraq and Libya.
The US-led alliance plans to finalize its biggest revamp since the collapse of the Soviet Union to counter what it sees as an unpredictable Russia seeking to recover lost territories.
German chancellor Angela Merkel (R), German vice chancellor, Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel (C) and German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier laugh during a plenary session at the lower house of Parliament Bundestag in Berlin ahead of NATO summit in Warsaw on July 7, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/John MACDOUGALL)
— AFP
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