United States welcomes the decision of Latvia to increase defence spending and confirm that they are ready to protect her, said on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry met with Minister of foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics.

"We are very grateful to Latvia for its commitment to increase defence spending to 2% (GDP) and to fulfill the requirements of NATO," Kerry said, placing Latvia as an example for other NATO allies.

Important common European response to what is happening in Ukraine, aggression and violation of the sovereignty of Ukraine, which took place there. Latvia is aware of this better than any country in the world, as a country, are on the cutting edge in this regard, " said Kerry.

according to him, the US commitment in Accordance with article 5 of the NATO Charter " absolutely solid ". This article stipulates that an attack on one NATO allies regarded the other members of the Commonwealth as an attack on them all.

The U.S. and EU accuse the Russian Federation interference in the situation in Ukraine, Russia is fundamentally denies.

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