Joe Biden says US will defend 'every inch of NATO' - as Moscow welcomes China's help in 'resolving' Ukraine war
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- 23 Feb 2023
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The US president met leaders from the nine countries in the most eastern parts of the NATO alliance, as the Russian president held talks with China's top diplomat.
Joe Biden has said the US will defend "literally every inch of NATO" in the face of Russian aggression - as Moscow welcomed China having a more active role in "resolving" the Ukraine war.
The US president has met leaders from the Bucharest Nine - a collection of nations in the most eastern parts of the NATO alliance that came together in response to Putin's 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
The alliance includes Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
The countries have expressed concerns that Mr Putin could launch military action against them next if he is successful in Ukraine.
"You're the frontlines of our collective defence," Mr Biden said of the group.
"And you know, better than anyone, what's at stake in this conflict. Not just for Ukraine, but for the freedom of democracies throughout Europe and around the world."
He pledged that NATO's mutual-defence pact is "sacred" and that "we will defend literally every inch of NATO". Read More…
