2014 NATO Summit in Wales

NATO leaders in Wales have agreed to create a "spearhead" rapid reaction force with several thousand troops ready to deploy at short notice, the BBC reports.

NATO leaders decided at the summit in Wales on Friday to establish headquarters in Lithuania and the other two Baltic states, with their functions and structure to be finalized within this autumn, Lithuanian officials said.

French President François Hollande sits down with Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko at the NATO summit in Wales after he moved to suspend delivery of a warship built for Russia amid the ongoing battle for control for Ukraine's east.

NATO leaders have a lot to talk about at this year's summit in Wales, expected to be the toughest since the Cold War ended.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and leaders of other NATO member states have agreed in Wales on additional measures to deal with newly emerging threats and beef up the defence of the allied countries, including Lithuania.

European and NATO leadership must now demonstrate their leadership and keep Russia's President Vladimir Putin from going too far, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė says.

Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas and his counterparts from Estonia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Latvia, Norway and the UK signed a protocol of intentions for establishing the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) at a ceremony during the NATO summit in Wales on Thursday, the Ministry of National D...

Lithuania will contribute 50,000 euros to the NATO fund that will provide support to Ukraine's army, the defence minister's spokesman Vaidotas Linkus confirmed to BNS on Friday.

Poland has confirmed there will be no new NATO bases in eastern Europe to deter Russian aggression.

With NATO's relationship to Russia having "fallen apart", Denmark's PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt has pledged troops and equipment to the country's eastern NATO partners.

NATO allies will have more capacities in Lithuania, in the air, in the sea and on land, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said after the first day of the NATO summit in Wales.

Political scientist Laurynas Kasčiūnas tells the Žinių Radijas radio station that it is very likely that new military bases will be established in the Baltics which would increase security for the three states.

NATO has established "a comprehensive and tailored package of measures" to help Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday during the NATO summit in Wales.

In the framework of the Swedish Atlantic Council annual meeting in Stockholm on 3 September 2014, Eitvydas Bajarūnas, Ambassador of Lithuania (currently Embassy of Lithuania is NATO Contact Point Embassy in Sweden), introduced the preparations for the NATO Summit in Cardiff.

The Russian proposal to Ukraine is an ultimatum, not a peace plan, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said at a NATO summit in Wales on Thursday afternoon.

On 4-5 September, President Dalia Grybauskaitė is attending the NATO summit in Wales. In the face of a military threat to Europe, NATO leaders are discussing new measures to ensure security of the member states and the whole region, the presidential press service said.

NATO's cooperation with Russia as it has been until now cannot continue, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė before the NATO Summit in Wales.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen accused Moscow outright on Thursday of attacking Ukraine as allied leaders gathered for a summit to buttress support for Kiev and bolster defences against Russia, Reuters reports.

Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius has commended the decision made by the French government to suspend the handover of Mistral naval ship to Russia.

US President Barack Obama in Estonia reaffirms support for the Baltic states that fear Russia's undeclared war in Ukraine could be repeated at home.