NATO Commander-in-Chief spoke about the secret of Article 5 of the Alliance Charter

NATO deliberately leaves unclear the conditions for the application of Article 5 of the Alliance Charter, which provides for the collective defense of its member states. Alexus Grinkevich, Commander-in-Chief of NATO Allied Armed Forces in Europe, spoke about this, RIA Novosti reports.

“We deliberately leave unclear the question of what exactly could be the reason for triggering Article 5,” he said.

At the same time, the NATO Commander-in-Chief noted that during all the years of the Cold War, the countries of the alliance did not invoke not only the 5th, but also the 4th Article of the Charter, which provides for the request of consultations of any country to its allies in the event of a threat to its security.