Any Attack on Lithuania ‘Would Be an Attack on All NATO Members' — Washington Responds to Blockade of Russian Exclave
The US says that it “appreciates” anti-Russian sanctions imposed by EU nations and that its military is committed to the defense of Lithuania, after the country banned some Russian goods from passing through its territory to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
“We stand by our NATO allies, and we stand by Lithuania,” US State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.
“Specifically, our commitment to NATO's Article Five - the premise that an attack on one would constitute an attack on all - that commitment on the part of the United States is ironclad”.
