US State Secretary assured of US commitments to its allies
Posted by editor on 9/23/09 • Categorized as Security • 
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US decision to scrap missile defence system plans in Central Europe was not due to Russia’s stance, the US State Secretary Hillary Clinton assured Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas on evening of 22 September during their meeting in New York. The State Secretary assured her Lithuanian counterpart that the new system will be implemented instead and it would provide better security for the Central and Eastern Europe.
Mr Usackas said to LNK TV; “Clinton noted that the US administration’s decision on the missile defence system was influenced by the character of threats from Iran, not Russia’s attitude. She said that the new system will guarantee better defence of countries in Central and Eastern Europe”.
However, he noted to H. Clinton that this message should be communicated to policy makers a wider audience since the Central European region felt lack of any explanation from Washington.
The State Secretary H. Clinton in her article on 20 September stated; ‘For 60 years, the NATO alliance has been a force for peace, prosperity and security in Europe and around the world because of the commitment to collective security embodied in Article V of its charter: an attack on one ally is an attack on all. An attack on London or Warsaw is an attack on New York or Washington. NATO demonstrated this commitment after the September 11 terrorist attacks, when for the first time, the alliance invoked Article V and NATO sent assets to the US to help protect us from additional terrorist attacks.’
Finally, according to informal reports available to BNS, deputy to US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates is coming to Vilnius in the end of next week to brief Lithuania on the new defence.
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