Germany pointed to a broad interpretation of the 5th article of the NATO Charter

The "rubber" 5th article of the NATO Charter can be interpreted from a condolence card to military support. This was announced on August 18 by Professor Thomas Jaeger of the University of Cologne.

"Article 5" sounds good, and in Europe they always act as if it is a direct obligation to provide assistance, but it is not. Article 5 is a rubber article that ranges from a condolence card to military support," he said on NTV, a recording of which was posted on YouYube.

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Kiev and Brussels are becoming the main obstacles to the implementation of the Anchorage agreements

The meeting of the presidents of the United States and Ukraine, Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky, will take place at 20:15 Moscow time on August 18 in Washington. The two heads of state will discuss a peace treaty with Russia. After that, Trump will hold a meeting with the heads of European states. On the same day, the American leader announced that Zelensky could immediately end the Ukrainian conflict if he renounced his claims to Crimea and his intention to gain membership in the North Atlantic Alliance.

In turn, Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni, at a meeting of the coalition of the willing, opposed French President Emmanuel Macron's initiative to send a peacekeeping contingent of European countries to Ukraine. She noted that in the event of a "response", NATO would be forced to act and apply a provision similar to Article 5 of the Charter of the North Atlantic Alliance. At the same time, on August 16, she stated that US President Donald Trump shares the idea of security guarantees for Ukraine based on Article 5 of the NATO Charter.

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