worthjust reminding you about the origins of the alliance and its central article of collective defence. the north atlantic treaty organisation was established in 1949 in a bid to stop soviet expansion following the second world war. it was initally made up of 12 countries including the us uk canada and france. since then, the membership has grown to 31 with finland the very latest to join. the central principle of nato, is its commitment to collective defence. under article 5 of the treaty, all member countries agree to help each other, if one of them is attacked. and it s that commitment which makes many countries wary about allowing ukraine to join. let s cross live to my colleague lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. over lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. to you. over lewis vau:han jones in vilnius. to ou. ., , plenty of warm words and support for ukraine in the last couple of hours, or updates like denmark, training f-165, or updates like denmark, training f 16s, fighterjets, ukr
met. will that be strong enough for president zelensky? will he want more than that? up put exactly that question to the prime minister of latvia just in the last hour or so, take a listen to his response. is it as fast as president zelensky would response. is it as fast as president zelensky would want? response. is it as fast as president zelensky would want? know, - response. is it as fast as president zelensky would want? know, is . response. is it as fast as president zelensky would want? know, is it. response. is it as fast as president i zelensky would want? know, is it as fast as zelensky would want? know, is it as fast as i zelensky would want? know, is it as fast as i would want? know. but what we have fast as i would want? know. but what we have right now and this is extremely important, not to diminish the complete unity around the nato team the complete unity around the nato team. primary unity, unwavering support team. primary unity, unwavering surmort to team
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over lewis vau:han jones in vilnius. to ou. ., , plenty of warm words and support for ukraine in the last couple of hours, or updates like denmark, training f-165, or updates like denmark, training f 16s, fighterjets, ukrainian f 16s, fighter jets, ukrainian pilots f 16s, fighterjets, ukrainian pilots in august and the packages of military support from germany and france sending long range missiles. and practical military support for ukraine and plenty of warm words about ukraine at some point becoming about ukraine at some point becoming a member of nato but you re from president zelensky but he wants it to happen straightaway. the last few hours of all those world leaders, those nato country leaders that have been taking place here after that all broke up, we had some words and this was the phrasing that he used about ukraine joining this was the phrasing that he used about ukrainejoining nato, we will issue an invitation to join nato when allies agree and conditions are