THE HAGUE, Netherlands: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is ready to defend itself against any threat from 'Moscow or Minsk,' Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday, after Belarus welcomed Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin into exile.
Stoltenberg said NATO would agree to strengthen its defenses at a key summit in Lithuania's capital Vilnius next week in order to protect all members, especially those that border Russia's ally Belarus.North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte shake hands for the cameras prior to a meeting in The Hague, western Netherlands on Tuesday, June 27, 2023.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda warned of the risk of Wagner fighters being based in Belarus.'If Wagner deploys its serial killers in Belarus, all neighboring countries face even greater danger of instability,' he told reporters.Prigozhin arrived in Belarus on Tuesday, after a dramatic weekend revolt by fighters from his mercenary group that posed the biggest threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin's rule.
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