NATO guarantees the collective security of Alliance members only

 NATO guarantees collective security only to members of the Alliance, but not to Partner countries, including Ukraine, to which the Alliance provides only assistance. This was stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference in the Latvian capital on Tuesday upon arrival at the meeting of NATO foreign ministers, quoted by TACC.         "We need to understand the difference between a NATO country, such as Latvia, Poland, Romania, and our close and very valuable partner, Ukraine, to which we provide only support, assistance in training troops, equipment. But for NATO members, we have security guarantees under Article 5 (of the Washington Treaty, which deals with the alliance's collective defense - TASS note), Stoltenberg said.