EU works to clarify common defense pact without treading on NATO – POLITICO
While Cyprus wants the article to be better defined, countries on the frontline against Russia are worried about the EU pledge clashing with NATO's Article 5 common defense pact. Seeking to reassure them, Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos told POLITICO on the sidelines of the leaders' meeting that 42.7 is "not about defense, I agree with that, it's about mutual assistance." If a country is attacked, the article does not mandate that other members have to respond with military force. It says they have an "obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power." According to the EU's diplomatic body, that can take different forms, ranging from diplomatic support to technical or medical assistance as well as civilian or military aid. ...
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EU works to clarify common defense pact without treading on NATO – POLITICO
While Cyprus wants the article to be better defined, countries on the frontline against Russia are worried about the EU pledge clashing with NATO's Article 5 common defense pact. Seeking to reassure them, Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos told POLITICO on the sidelines of the leaders' meeting that 42.7 is "not about defense, I agree with that, it's about mutual assistance." If a country is attacked, the article does not mandate that other members have to respond with military force. It says they have an "obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power." According to the EU's diplomatic body, that can take different forms, ranging from diplomatic support to technical or medical assistance as well as civilian or military aid. ...
#works #clarify #common #defense #pact