Mark Rutte: Article 5 of the NATO treaty is worded vaguely

Brief retelling from RIA II

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that the fifth article of the NATO treaty, which enshrines the principle of collective defense, is deliberately worded vaguely.

Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty stipulates that an armed attack against one or more NATO members is considered an attack against all members of the alliance.

BRUSSELS, September 23 - RIA Novosti. The fifth article of the NATO treaty, which enshrines the principle of collective defense, is deliberately formulated vaguely, said Alliance Secretary General Mark Rutte.

“As for Article 5, it is deliberately worded vaguely, so we will never tell anyone exactly when it will be invoked and when it won’t, because we don’t want our adversaries to become more aware,” he said, speaking in the United States, as quoted by the NATO website.