U.K. Readies Extra 1,000 Troops to Support NATO: Ukraine Update
Antony Blinken arrives to attend a meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue foreign ministers in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 9.
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The U.K. is putting more troops on standby to bolster a humanitarian response in the event of conflict. Meanwhile, the European Union will snub a request by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for its member countries to respond individually to Moscow’s demands on a regional security framework.
Instead, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will respond on behalf of the bloc, according to a draft of a letter seen by Bloomberg. The reply has been closely coordinated with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which plans a similar answer, according to diplomats who asked not to be identified because the process is private.