Regular NATO presence necessary in Eastern Europe - Obama
Speaking in Brussels on Wednesday, US President Barack Obama said “The world is safer when the United States and Europe speak with one voice” and that “a regular NATO presence might be necessary in certain member states in Central Europe and the Baltic states which might feel threatened.”
President Obama also said that Russia recent actions in Ukraine have “affected Europe and the world.”
Obama added that Russia was currently “alone in the Security Council of the UN” and that in June the G7 group of nations would be meeting without Moscow’s involvement.
Regarding Europe’s energy dependence on Russia, the US president said Europe had to “analyze its energy assets and what the US could provide it.”
He stressed that there were no “simple and cheap solutions” to the issue but that “Europe should diversify its supplies and the United States is one of the countries which had such export possibilities.”
“We have decided that we will sell our shale gas on the international market,” added Obama.
